Hello. I am having flashbacks with the current resurgence of the popular/not popular cape. Not a coat, a cape. The cape is a dramatic statement of sorts. My first remembrance was a lady in our church who wore "Hollywood" style clothes. She rocked the cape. Even a few ostrich feathers now and then. No one, I mean no one, wore anything like this in our town. Was she ahead of her time or just expressing her flamboyant style? Not a flamboyant person, I decided then and there that the cape was not a good look for me.
By 1969 the
Nurses Cape had rather gone out of fashion, whew, dodged that bullet. The prior graduating class from my school got these at the end and wore them proudly. Popular in the 1890's (yes , not last century, the one before that!) when our school was formed, they survived two World Wars and a stint in Korea. But by the time my graduation from nursing school arrived, you would have had to tie us down and threatened us with peplum's. But that is another story.
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| Isaac's version in the Television Shopping Ready to Wear, or dog blanket, whatever. |
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| Butterick 5715, possible candidate. |
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| B 5819, verging on flamboyant here. |
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| V 8776 |
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Our Schools Capes were like this one, but they were Navy Blue. Heavy wool, scratchy.
So where is she going with this you ask? Well, while scanning TV stations tonight I came upon an Issac Mizrahi presentation for his Cape of the season. (see above, I am having formatting issues, sorry for the out of sequence.) Oh my, really? Even the model looks like she is wearing a blanket that someone threw over the back of the couch, in 1972. The faux-fur, not good. I am sorry but this just does not work for me. Now I have seen some that have a wrap front that do not appear blocky. And the fabric much more structured. Such as V8776. Or drapeable like the Marfy F1012.  Marfy F1980, not too bad.
There are many more right now, but these shapes illustrate my thoughts. Something to think about if you would like to add a little drama to your early fall wardrobe (before we in the cold weather climates) are shackled into our coats! These are easy to sew in the sense that you don't need to deal with setting in sleeves. Many of the micro-fleece and double sided wools would be well suited to the style, no lining. Somewhere in my stash I have a boucle'-like fleecy piece of fabric that might be considered. Another item to The List. This list, is my current want to, need to, hope to collection of projects in various states of progress. On that note, it is still high eighty degrees here and just the thought of sewing winter wear is rather incongruous with life.
Gratuity Moment: much needed rain
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