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I understand that modern outer layers are more functional. A leather jacket, for example, can be dressed up or down so as to be worn in a variety of situations. It is also better at keeping you warm.

However, I think capes/cloaks are more aesthetically pleasing garments. It also feels good to have the fabric flowing around you as you walk. But what do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

I really enjoy capes or cloaks as an aesthetic element. Whilst I wish they were more commonplace, I also enjoy being able to have aspects of my fashion that are just a bit "weird"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Seinfeld has this covered:

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Invention of more complex and effective materials I would presume. Getting a light and thin jacket which will protect you against harshest of winters is easy these days and more to the point it's far more practical as you can do things in it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I have a nice collection of them ranging from cheap Amazon capes to a custom Cloak and Dagger wool and velvet cloak that has lasted me almost a decade. I mostly use them for performing but have worn smaller cloaks and ruanas out before. They're particularly wonderful on those crisp, slightly chilly autumn nights in October.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Bram Stoker must have had somewhat of a hand in the decline in popularity of capes.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Haven’t you ever seen the Incredibles? NO CAPES!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You'd be expected to rescue people or give haunted building tours

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

If you want to make money in the Star Wars universe, go into the cloak trade.

You will never be poor.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I think once my kids learned how to make blanket caps a lot of things ended up broken in a very short timeframe and I banned capes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (18 children)

When I read this, I can't help but think of the "no capes" scene from The Incredibles.

In all seriousness, they were a uniquely Roman-area thing (moreso before its fall and people like the Gauls wanted less association with their Roman roots). You just don't associate them with the Chinese, Indians, Incans, etc. I'd wear a cape if they weren't more associated with men, would be cooler than sitting here in a quarter zip sweater over a blue plaid shirt and jeans, some normie I am.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I think you're just wearing that look wrong:

You can make almost anything look great, but it's a skill.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

LOL! I'm actually in the market for a cloak. Been prowling the 2nd hand stores

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Practicality of stuff like jackets aside, I feel like they'd be dangerous to wear because they'd get caught up in all sorts of stuff. They'd also get dirty pretty quickly.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

If you have the confidence, wear whatever you wish.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

because we have become indescriptibly cringe

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