The Cape.

[zjpj83]

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

What is it?

You obviously have yet to watch every Seinfeld episode ever made. Start with episode 1 and go from there. Your life will be incomplete until you do.

 

[Jferg4350]

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

What is it?

Frank Costanza's lawyer

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Your face looks like Gary Oldman's Dracula in this photo.

 

[JLibourel]

While I was up at Balliol, there was one chap who sported a scarlet opera cape in conjunction with jeans and a black leather motorcycle jacket. He usually packed a big sheath knife as well. As I recall, his family were wealthy and prominent in the Tory party--a true British eccentric of the old school. He was very tall, powerfully built and looked tough, so I think anyone would have mocked him at some risk.

I think capes are sort of neat but probably a bit too retro-centric for wear in SoCal. I can only imagine my wife's reaction if I started wearing one!

 

[Wes Bourne]

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

What is it?

Originally Posted by zjpj83

You obviously have yet to watch every Seinfeld episode ever made. Start with episode 1 and go from there. Your life will be incomplete until you do.

Originally Posted by Jferg4350

Frank Costanza's lawyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chinese_Woman

 

[DocHolliday]

Here are the screencaps I mentioned earlier, which likely will be of interest only to myself. But what a great cloak!

Here it is with a space helmet for a cow:

Here it is looking awesome:

And here it is in closeup:

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by HORNS

Capes are amazing pieces of fashion that have become anachronisms, unfortunately, and me pulling it off would make myself a parody.

It's sad, really, that such things have fallen out of fashion. Like hats, which I do not understand the evolution away from the use of these items.

The cape is like the Monocle--rather practical items of fashion that have fallen by the wayside because of popular caricature.

 

[Opoika]

Are capes warm enough to be wearable at Scandinavian winter? Perhaps the kinds that "have fancy toggles and buttons that close the thing." Do you have any photos that I could show to my tailor? Are there any rules I need to know?

 

[Schnurretiger]

I'm not sure how warm they keep. If you are from Europe, you might try some of those middleages/fantasy-roleplaying communities. They might help you out on their clothes and ways to purchase them.

 

[Opoika]

Originally Posted by Schnurretiger

I'm not sure how warm they keep. If you are from Europe, you might try some of those middleages/fantasy-roleplaying communities. They might help you out on their clothes and ways to purchase them.
Thanks, but I trust more in Style Forum.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by Opoika

Thanks, but I trust more in Style Forum.

Has styleforum liberated the village from the Goblin problem? See, I'd trust G'maar Nidetph the enchanter and his jolly band of adventurers before you guys.

 

[Marcus Brody]

I really like capes and have wanted one since I studied in a fairly conservative region of Spain where mainy of the old men still wore them as winter dress.

 

[crazyquik]

I've read that utilitarian capes are still popular in the European centerland with tweedy country-hunters (Switzerland, Czech Republic, Bavaria, perhaps north Italy, etc). Sort of like throwing a blanket on over your shoulders when you're sitting there waiting. Also easy to shrug off when the time comes, and the dog can sleep on it at night in the lodge.

 

[LeonM]

Originally Posted by Marcus Brody

I really like capes and have wanted one since I studied in a fairly conservative region of Spain where mainy of the old men still wore them as winter dress.

www.sesena.com

Still hankering...

Leon

 

[LabelKing]