Fashion Fit - Capes

Hey everyone!


As all of you living in the North Hemisphere have noticed, it's cold! And despite the unpleasantness of winter I happen to LOVE this weather for fashion! It's the time of the year where you get to play around with darker colors and different textures, and this season's choice is the CAPE!

It was seen everywhere on the catwalk and has now invaded our stores :

I find it very fashionable, but I have two major problems with it : it's not very easy to style and it's not as practical as it seems.

If I were to buy one (and I'm desperately trying to), I'd go for a shorter cape with slits for the arms and pockets. The shortness of the cape would elongate my legs (even more with some high-heeled over the knee boots) and keep the short me (1.61 cm) from looking like I'm draped in a comforter. The holes would simply allow me to use my hands and tuck them inside the pockets.

The second problem is that capes aren't warm enough. I live in France, so it's not as cold as the North Pole but winter does require warm clothing and the cape lets the air in at the bottom AND through the arm slits. The best solution would be to wear very warm bottoms and sweaters under the cape and some elbow length gloves over the arms, thus making the outfit warm and fashionable, but still wearable in the winter.

If and when I get my hands on a winter cape I'll try to do an outfit of the day post to exemplify that.

What do you guys think of the cape? How would YOU style it?


Love,

Nina.