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?
It’s because of cars and trains
Horses and to a lesser extent bikes let you just throw the cape out behind you as you ride, but if you’re riding in a chair, you have to bunch it up as you’re getting in so you don’t accidentally auto-asphyxiate yourself with the titanic cheeks you inherited from yo mama
We should all ride broomsticks, problem solved
Weird kids ruined it
I graduated high school a few years before Columbine, which was good because my friends and I all wore black trench coats in school all the time.
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You don’t randomly have to insult someone, it’s okay.
Who says we don’t? I wore one out tonight.
Incognito Daft Punk
That looks like a hooded jacket…
Those are all jackets, 100%. Doesn’t matter what the seller calls them, those are clearly jackets because sleeves.
You seem like an absolutely charming and fun person to spend time around.
Very much so, thanks for noticing though: It’s always lovely to hear.
Cool jacket by the way.
M8! You just payed $160 for a hoodie without a zipper!
Edit: it does look pretty sick though.
I think this picture pretty much answers the question for you.
Because of judgemental folk like you? Most likely.
It’s sadly true. There are certain styles which simply don’t survive in the presence of judgment.
Gotta take it off before you got to the bathroom or it touches the toilet
You’re implying that you leave your coat on to use the toilet, is this the case?
In public toilets yes
That’s why I’ve got my bathroom cape
It has a trap flap, for rapid extraction?
No, you pull a rope and it rolls up his back like a curtain.
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100% of the cloaks and capes I’ve seen IRL have been as part of either someone’s weird cosplay or some neckbeard/weeb shit. I think that, a bit like the fedora, they’re just sorta ruined now due to the people who wear them.
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either someone’s weird cosplay
Why “weird”?
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I wear a Fedora sometimes - AC can get cold and my hair isn’t as thick as it used to be… it just seems easier than converting to Judaism to be able to wear a Yamaka:-P.
Surely you know there are other options than just “fedora” or “yarmulke.”
Cowboy hat? :-P
But I am open to suggestions if you have any…
Here’s a few that I think are probably more fashionable than a fedora:
Baseball cap, pork pie hat, knit hat (e.g. skull cap, watch cap, beanie), docker cap, scally cap, newsboy hat, ivy cap, ascot, bucket hat.
That’s a great list.
And almost every one of those is likely to work better for OP, work with more outfits, etc, and have less of a stigma than a fedora.
Just a quick note that in the USA, unless there is a sports logo on it, cap = MAGA hat, sorry, dems the rules.
But Breaking Bad hat, now that is a damn fine argument that you made there!? :-P
Flat cap
Just out of curiosity because I see signs for it all the time, we went to Boot City yesterday.
The first thing you see when you go through the door as the overpowering smell of leather hits you is a massive row of cowboy hats that just keeps going and going.
It was not a pleasant experience overall. This was amusing, however:
I was hearing Jeff Foxworthy in my head. “If your living room furniture is made of cow horns…”
Holy cow! Oh uh… no, I mean, I guess literally!? :-P
Holey cow. It’s the only way they could get the rivets through the leather and horn.
You know what I’m talking about!!
In addition to the usual ubiquitous collection of random baseball caps, I also have a top hat.
I figure if I’m going to be lumped in with somebody, I’d rather it be the steampunkers than the neckbeards.
AC can get cold and my hair isn’t as thick as it used to be… it just seems easier than converting to Judaism to be able to wear a Yamaka:-P.
I pity Americans who don’t just wear a touque (or as you might call it, a beanie). Honestly it’s the perfect hat for cold weather. Here in Canada, basically everyone wears one for the half of the year where it’s cold enough to warrant a hat. Some people are fancy and wear an Ushanka hat or a Nordic hat in the winter, but 99% just wear a touque.
Do you mean a toboggan?
What? A toboggan is a sled. We’re talking about hats.
It’s a knit hat.
Just looked it up. Apparently that’s what southerners call a touque. Y’all’re weird.
Indeed I wear a beanie the whole winter, whenever I can get away with it.:-D But in 100 degree weather, it wouldn’t work quite as well…:-P.
Yeah I’d imagine if it’s so hot that water is boiling you probably can’t wear a hat comfortably
Hehehe, Oh Canada… :-) Don’t you know that you are using the
correct“wrong” temperature system - the only sensible one is based on how many pinkies were on the toe of the king’s son’s aunt’s cousin’s horse 200 years ago. I am sure you will agree with me that nothing else makes close to that degree of common sense - on THAT much at least we are SURE to agree! 🙃Oh god you sound like you wear a fedora.
I’ve lived all over America and people wear beanies
But since you’re a lemmy user you probably fall into that bracket anyway
Wear a beret.
If necessary, affect a French accent.
Or throw people off by affecting a Texas Twang or Southern Drawl.
Wear a beret, speak in a low monotone voice, go bald, grow a big walrus-like moustache.
Find a red haired side kick/partner and go blow stuff up for 15 years!!
Howdy ya’all, faire bon accueil, I hope you are living in high cotton today! :-P
No googling or anything, huh? Just throwing “yamaka” out there and hoping it was right?
Try it - you might be surprised? :-P
That’s… An acceptable spelling.
Can’t really pull off a fedora (or similar) without a suit that matches, otherwise, yeah, you just look like a neckbeard or maybe a Michael Jackson cosplayer. If you aren’t dressing in formal attire, consider a baseball cap, beanie, hood, cabbie hat, or even a stetson if it’s up your alley.
It’s ackshully called a trilby
The issue is it has to fit the overall outfit. A fedora can still look really good if you have a well tailored suit to match it, while most of the things that look good with a cloak are, frankly, uncomfortable to wear everyday compared to modern clothing. This is why it’s essentially only done for cosplay and larping nowadays, looking like that is fun every now and then but not so fun that you’d want to go about daily life dressed that way.
Alternately, maybe cool people should start wearing them and then they could get rid of the stigma.
They’ve just morphed. A poncho is basically a cloak that doesn’t open. A long dress coat is basically a cloak with formal buttons.
A long dress coat is basically a cloak with formal buttons.
Also sleeves, which are the main difference anyway
I think this is why the cloak died. Sleeves are just so useful.
They can kind of get in the way though. Cloaks could give your arms more freedom of movement if you really need it. I could see a resurgence in military and/or trade uses.
Mostly because my cape is improvised and I need something to hold it in place, which usually means my pauldron, but I only wear that on special occasions. It also sheds a lot of lint.
Because I am not count Dracula
Dresses of the coat world
Wear whatever you want.
People mostly used to wear cloaks to keep the elements off of them.
Lots of mud and dirt from horseback riding back then–also rain.
We’re indoors a lot more now. Most of us don’t work outside and our transportation, mainly automobiles, are protected from the elements.
As the function became irrelevant, so did the clothing choice.
Yeah, the function for sure; along with overcoats and any outermost layer. Chivalry maintained men walked on the curb side bc horse shit and piss flowed freely in the gutters and the coat prevented splash. Same for commuter trains and subways. Nasty shit all over before electric.
A lot of superstition like bad luck putting your hat on the bed came from this. It was dirty, bring it home and you got sick from it. Logical superstition.
I’ll catch myself feeling superstitious, check myself with science, then realize it’s gross and get my nasty ass outside hat off my bed.
I feel like capes went out of style around the industrial revolution for the very reasons outlined in The Incredibles by Edna as to why she doesn’t design costumes with capes.
Definitely wouldn’t want my cape to get caught in a car or train door.
I came here to this topic looking for this reference. /applaud
I’m getting into sewing right now. A cape will be my first project. Imma wear the shit out of my cape. Luckily I live in a place where people don’t really care about what you wear. I’ve seen capes in the wild before.
My wife sewed herself a very nice hooded cape/cloak years ago that she used to wear over her coat in winter to keep herself warmer. I’m not sure what happened to it, but it was a very long time ago.
sitting in cars with a cape sucks.
Do you know from experience or is this speculation? I believe you, I’m just curious.
yep, ive had a full length cloak since childhood and wear it when im home or in the office but i rarely travel with it on.
i got it because of lord Nikon from Hackers.
But you’d take the cape off to drive though, like any big ass winter coat
Bikes superior to cars once again.
Do you mean motorcycles or bicycles?
Yes
Understandable, have a nice day
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”
