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November 7, 2011Au Revoir!
November 11, 2011I wanted a cape for YEARS!
You couldn’t find them anywhere, unless they were stupidly expensive. Now, all of a sudden, they’re everywhere!
Of course, some of the things they call capes just appear to be coats with baggy sleeves. What I always wanted was something that’s essentially akin to a very smart blanket. Something you can swish in, or draw round yourself to wrap up warm when it gets cold.
Capes can be seriously glamourous, or just seriously warm, but I really think they feel just a bit more special than a boring old winter coat.
My pick of this seasons High Street Capes
Bargains Basement
At under the under £50 price capes tend to be a shorter length, hanging around hip length. They still feel warmer than a jacket to me though.
New Look – Pocket Cape Coat – £49.99 – £34.99
A nice basic cape with military styling
Butterfly by Matthew Williamson – Purple Horsebit Clasp Cape – £80 –£48
An unsusual colour and unsusual clasps. Probably best if you wear a lot of black.
Middle of the Road
Between £50 and £100 is a generally a good price range to expect to pay for a good cape. Much as you would a good winter coat.
Very.co.uk – Fearne Cotton Checked Tartan Cape – £75
Very 70s styling in the picture, but with the right make up and if you remember to put on a skirt this has a very 1930s feel.
ASOS – Cape with Fur Trim – £100 – £60
This one looks lovely and cosy with its fur collar, though I expect it’ll mess up your hair!
Lottery Win
Of course, as ever, if you’ve got pots of cash you can buy something really beautiful. So, just for fun, or in case some of you do have oodles of cash, I include a few cloaks for rich people.
Toast – Felted Wool Cape – £245
This one looks marvellously swishy. I want to wear it with sensible brogues and a flat cap.
Lanvin – Satin Trimmed Wool Cape – £2,110
Now, even if I had over £2k to spend on a cape I still couldn’t afford this one. Mostly because I would also have to move into a bigger house and hire a butler to remove it from shoulders and shake the dust from it’s folds after I arrived home. It’s just so elegant it hurts.
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I’ve been dreaming of capes too! I may still even make one this winter. I think it’d be fabulous when lined with faux fur!
I’m a big fan of capes myself there is just something fun & swishy about them. My latest came the Shoreditch Vintage Fair in Oct, it’s wool & mohair & cost £25 there’s a photo on my blog http://www.quirkygenius.blogspot.com
I tried one on recently to a round of giggles from DG!!!! But these ones are lovely, especially the purple one. X
I just bought a pattern to make a cape 🙂 I love the one with the fur trim, I think I may add that to my own pattern!
I love my capes. I feel like Miss Marple in them… or Sherlock Holmes… either way it can’t be bad.
I love the 70s Fearne Cotton one, with an oversize felt hat OF COURSE. The New Look one looks cute too!
What a delish selection!
I love my bargin ‘1930s’ (so the label said!) red velvet cape. I’ve made faux fur collars to go with it so I can change the colour to go with outfits 🙂
xx
I LOVE capes! Last winter I scoured ebay looking for an affordable vintage nurse’s cape. Then this autumn I found two vintage capes in charity shops within a week of each other and I’m absolutely loving them. My brother-in-law says I look like Miss Marple, but I take that as a compliment 🙂
xx Charlotte
Tuppence Ha’penny Vintage
I love capes – I have a lime green one with black toggles 🙂
I’d really like a brown one though…
Try this one Laura – its fantastic! I love mine!
http://www.janenorman.co.uk/fcp/product/buy-fashion-look-fabulous/coats-&-jackets/tweed-contrast-cape-coat/12258?colour=brn
Trust me to like the two in the ‘I would never spend this on a cape’ category!
I am really quite desperate for a cape this winter as they’re perfect for our milder conditions but unfortunately they’re not as easy to come by. I am on the hunt and have seen one I may succumb to. Lovely post x
My mom made me a cape when I was little. I wish I had an adult-sized one!
I got bought this fantastic, almost Sherlock Holmes inspired cape coat from Jane Norman for Christmas. Its gone down considerably in price in the sale now though – was originally £90 now its being sold for only £28.50!!
http://www.janenorman.co.uk/fcp/product/buy-fashion-look-fabulous/coats-&-jackets/tweed-contrast-cape-coat/12258?colour=brn