Is a vintage cape hideous?

[capewrat]

I'm really tempted to get a vintage cape. I think they are great! But will I look like an eccentric bag lady? I'm 55, 5'8 and a size 14. This is the sort of thing...

I think it’s really stylish! I also love it when you see someone who has their own sense of style so if I saw you out and about I’d admire you, same for all you nice hat wearers.

That is epic!

Hideous. You will look like Sherlock Holmes! 😆

I would love a hooded Scottish Widows cape with a contrasting lining. Vintage stuff is usually tiny though. I think the best plan would be to get a dressmaker to create one.

Sherlock holmes, 50s midwife, royle nanny, hogworts, cowboy, jack the ripper. just a few names vibs that come to mind when i see capes or people wearing a cape.

If your happy with it good for you go for it, but not on your nelly am i ever going to be seen in one.

It’s fabulous! Buy it!

Massive enabler here. I have two Welsh wool capes plus two plain black ones (of slightly different lengths so yes I need them both) and a navy belted poncho which is also really a cape in disguise.

I am 5’8/9 and 54.

BUY THE CAPE and be your fabulous swooshy self!

Leather leggings. Short mini. Surprisingly, wide leg trousers if you’re feeling like a high volume day. All work! And not an A-line kilt in sight.

It's gorgeous!

Would not suit me but I fondly remember a black felted wool cape I had years ago - bought from a vintage store it was a full circle and draped beautifully

My nan had that exact cape! I loved it and used to wear it round the house! She always had a very elegant chignon and wore red lippy.

That's how I'd style myself if I got my hands on one. But probably with wide Jeans and trainers, or my skinnies and knee boots.

If you like it, get one! Who cares what other people think!! My 17 year old DD wears a beautiful velvet one. She couldn't care less what anyone thinks! She looks fabulous in my opinion, and she loves wearing it. Go for it!

You will definitely look eccentric but also awesome. Do it!

I agree with the majority here - a cape is fabulous & the one on eBay a great example.

Definitely go for it & please send a picture of it when you have!

out of interest, if it isn't the eBay one you're looking to buy, where are you looking to buy it from? don't worry, I won't buy it from under your nose 😂

Wouldn’t be for me, but I’m a sad slave to fashion 😂

If you have a retro, quirky style, I bet it’ll look fab.

Actually I often see people in vintage capes and coats in my area as they are sold at the local market and can look really stylish.
Bellemoon vintage and Welsh blankets have a website and facebook group. Many pics of people wearing them on the facebook group

ooooooohhhh! your dd's cape sounds fabulous. Link please!!!!!

I bought one, once. I thought I would look fabulously glam and it was thing I could think of to cover my huge pregnancy bump as it expanded beyond belief.

I looked like a walking mushroom. I found it hard to use a shoulder bag, and it wasn't that warm, despite being lined wool.

Still think they are glam though, just not on me.

I was gifted one. Never did work out how to use a handbag with it and the slits for the arms let in the cold

It's glorious 🤩. Sure you will look fabulous in it.

Oh god my mum and I had matching welsh capes in the 1970s. I was about seven. Sorry can’t say if cool or not but happy memories 😀

I’d love a vintage velvet cape like Dita Von Teese often wears. I think they’re beautiful!

Or Basil Brush.

I had a black cape with fur around the neck which was quite nice but I find the tweed look very matronly.

p.ersonally I love them. My mum bought one from M and S, then one day i bumped into a famous ballerina (as you do), and I said ,'My mum's got exactly the same cape as you' Must have been about 10.