Would you wear a cape?

Patser

Are capes about to make a big comeback? They say if you wait long enough everything comes back into fashion, so maybe 120 years after Bram Stokers Dracula it's time for their comeback.

The reason I ask is I was walking past Dunnes in Liffeyvalley over the weekend and they'd a cape for sale in the main window. And not just any cape, but one designed by Paul Galvin, Ireland's answer to Gok Wan (if Gok had 4 All Ireland medals too). And a snip at €100.

http://m.dunnesstores.com/paul-galvin-cape/view-all/dunnesstores/fcp-product/1215103?colour=khaki

Ignore the fact that it looks like a ground sheet you'd be given by the FCA in the 80s, and that even the model looks embarrassed, surely this is a sign of their comeback. I think I'll wait for the more classic Black satin, red lining combo.

brevity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68ndaZSKa8

sonny.knowles

Why am I not surprised to see Galvin involved? Does it go well with your man bag and man bun, OP?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Patser wrote: »

Are capes about to make a big comeback? They say if you wait long enough everything comes back into fashion, so maybe 120 years after Bram Stokers Dracula it's time for their comeback.

The reason I ask is I was walking past Dunnes in Liffeyvalley over the weekend and they'd a cape for sale in the main window. And not just any cape, but one designed by Paul Galvin, Ireland's answer to Gok Wan (if Gok had 4 All Ireland medals too). And a snip at €100.

http://m.dunnesstores.com/paul-galvin-cape/view-all/dunnesstores/fcp-product/1215103?colour=khaki

Ignore the fact that it looks like a ground sheet you'd be given by the FCA in the 80s, and that even the model looks embarrassed, surely this is a sign of their comeback. I think I'll wait for the more classic Black satin, red lining combo.

Ah, a former sports star truned fashion designer - who else should I possibly listen to?

Wizard!

I wear a cape every night when I go out to protect the city.

Patser

sonny.knowles wrote: »

Why am I not surprised to see Galvin involved? Does it go well with your man bag and man bun, OP?

I shave, so I fail on even the 1st Galvin design requirement.

jeremymurphy

No way, even before I realised it was Paul Galvin's.

eamonnq

I have made it through life this far without a cape, I think I can manage without one.

dodderangler

Madonna fcuked it up for everyone

NachoBusiness

Only if when out the zipper on my jacket broke and got stuck at the top.

sonny.knowles

He stole the design from the French army.

timsnewbridge

We live in a society where a woman can go to extreme lengths with various 'beauty'
products to look absolutely nothing like themselves. But a man can't wear a cape for
fear of ad hominems.

sonny.knowles

timsnewbridge wrote: »

We live in a society where a woman can go to extreme lengths with various 'beauty'
products to look absolutely nothing like themselves. But a man can't wear a cape for
fear of ad hominems.

Well spotted.

duchalla

looks more like a poncho to me, similar to the one I wore on the day of the All Ireland football final in Croke Park last month, Pauls last ever outing with the Kerry team, only my one was plastic and only cost €3, at least now I know where he got his inspiration...

Links234

And get my cape caught in a jet engine!? No thanks!

Sir Osis of Liver.

Possibly,if I could get one with a matching mask and maybe a cane.

Mr. CooL ICE

Only if I have my own jingle to play whenever I walk into a room

smash

As has already been mentioned it's not a cape, it's a poncho!

Looks like something you'd wear going hunting.

biko

I'd wear a medieval cloak any day.

"What's with the cloak?"
"I'm taking the ring to Mordor"

Kev W

I stand with Antonio Banderas on this one:


http://entertainment.ie/celebrity-gossip/Antonio-Banderas-is-going-to-fashion-school-so-he-can-make-mens-capes-a-thing-again/370184.htm

Men's capes never should have gone out of style.

That said, the one in the OP link is ugly, I wouldn't wear it. It's the cargo shorts of capes.

fizzypish

Cape no. Poncho yes. In the Clint Eastwood looks like a bit of old carpet style. I'd look like a total twat but **** it.

tritium

Would love capes to make a comeback


Paul Galvin's effort looks gank though...

Zombienosh

I'd love a cape. Not a whiney designer cape but a functional cape. one of those elvish capes would be awesome.

Kev W

tritium wrote: »

Would love capes to make a comeback


Paul Galvin's effort looks gank though...

You are 100% not wrong.



"Want the protection of a raincoat without that pesky "dry arms" feeling? Then we have just the ugly flap of fabric for you!"

eviltimeban

Only to the opera: http://www.blacktieguide.com/History/1945-1954/1948_Jun_Esq_p88_edit3.jpg

smash

Kev W wrote: »

"Want the protection of a raincoat without that pesky "dry arms" feeling? Then we have just the ugly flap of fabric for you!"

"Let the crisp winter air run gently over your genitals as you walk down the streets with your penis hanging out of your fly without anyone batting an eye lid."

Duggy747

Even the model wearing that tablecloth over him has the face of "I look like a right gobshíte in this, don't I?"

Lyaiera

I was just thinking to myself last night, "Where would I find myself a dark purple cape?" But I'm not too sure on the colour. Maybe a dark green. Something to go with a grey skirt and white top.

Vinculus

No

Unless of course it's an invisibility Cape, then I'd wear it all day and pursue my ambition to be a professional bird watcher.

*coughs

alchemist33

I don't understand the Dunnes "cape." It's a raincoat with holes for arms.

Sir Osis of Liver.

My wife said I was eccentric the other day!
"Bilge and poppycock!" I fumed, and with that I grabbed my top hat and cape and fcuked off on my penny farthing.

kingtiger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDbN9TZqFcg

jimgoose

I already wear brown leather waistcoats and a full-length leather overcoat reminiscent of Herr Flick from 'Allo 'Allo, so I don't see why not. :cool:

readyletsgo

There is an obese nerdy guy I work with for the past 8 years. He wears a cape.... Ahead of the curve? On trend? Eh, no.

Capes are for obese people to me.

Kev W

readyletsgo wrote: »

There is an obese nerdy guy I work with for the past 8 years. He wears a cape.... Ahead of the curb? On trend? Eh, no.

Capes are for obese people to me.

I saw a guy with a beard and a hat so hats are for bearded men.

Also it's "ahead of the curve". Why would it be "curb"?

Ruu

No, I would be embarrassed in that! I'll wear a moomoo.

Clegg

Cape, fedora and neck beard. I'd be irresistible so I would.

readyletsgo

Kev W wrote: »

I saw a guy with a beard and a hat so hats are for bearded men.

Also it's "ahead of the curve". Why would it be "curb"?

Posted from phone, fixed.

I mean to say, I associate capes with obese nerdy guys, not handsome gentleman models, or the general public.

smash

readyletsgo wrote: »

Posted from phone, fixed.

I mean to say, I associate capes with obese nerdy guys, not handsome gentleman models, or the general public.

Did you never read a comic?

readyletsgo

smash wrote: »

Did you never read a comic?

Haha yes, I know superheroes wear capes, as in fictional.

This is a fashion thing for sale in shops.

Clegg

I just want to be Paul F.Tompkins.

conorhal

In the 'age of the individual' we have never seemed more sartorially comformist or conservative. Why in my youth punks and rockers roamed the streets beating each other up before ganging up on the hippies while some stiff in a pinstripe suit looked on tutting... today everybody wears the 'uniform' of bland jeans and T's with individuality expressed only in the occasional 'witty' slogan written on it.

Individuals my ass!

*Flicks cape over right shoulder bringing left cape corner over lower face to make dramatic exit from thread*

Kev W

Clegg wrote: »

I just want to be Paul F.Tompkins.

We all want to be Paul F. Tompkins.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

conorhal wrote: »

In the 'age of the individual' we have never seemed more sartorially comformist or conservative. Why in my youth punks and rockers roamed the streets beating each other up before ganging up on the hippies while some stiff in a pinstripe suit looked on tutting... today everybody wears the 'uniform' of bland jeans and T's with individuality expressed only in the occasional 'witty' slogan written on it.

Individuals my ass!

*Flicks cape over right shoulder bringing left cape corner over lower face to make dramatic exit from thread*

Probelm here is I normally wear jeans and a t-shirt out of convenience. So do I change to show some sene of individuality I don't have? Or do I carry on and do my own thing and inadvertanly conform..?!

Agh!

Not waearign a damn cape though....]

Steppenwolfe

Anyone dumb enough to pay €100 for that, is dumb enough to wear it. Nothing would surprise me what todays 'men' would wear.

NomadicGray

I'm not a massive bender, so no

Kev W

NomadicGray wrote: »

I'm not a massive bender, so no

But what if it was 2015?

conorhal

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Probelm here is I normally wear jeans and a t-shirt out of convenience. So do I change to show some sene of individuality I don't have? Or do I carry on and do my own thing and inadvertanly conform..?!

Agh!

Not waearign a damn cape though....]

Isn't that the thing though, in the supposed age of the individual, individuality has actually never been more scarce, you're not lazy, your scared to express your laziness! Propper lazy people just wouldn't bother to get out of their pyjamas to leave the house....... :P

fizzypish

NomadicGray wrote: »

I'm not a massive bender, so no

Small benders can wear capes too.

sonny.knowles

readyletsgo wrote: »

Posted from phone, fixed.

I mean to say, I associate capes with obese nerdy guys, not handsome gentleman models, or the general public.

That was a damp squid.

readyletsgo

sonny.knowles wrote: »

That was a damp squid.

Lol