Trend: cape

Who and when he came up with wearing sleeveless outerwear is hard to say. It is known that the capes, especially with the hood, were widespread in the Middle Ages. Since then, they periodically return and experience a rebirth. In the 20th century, the capes were at the peak of popularity twice: in the era of Golden Hollywood, when they were made mainly from velvet and satin, and in the 60s thanks to designers like Ossi Clarke and Pierre Cardin, who were bribed by a clean, graphic silhouette of cape.

^{1. 1921 2. 1921/1955, photograph by Henry Clark 3. Lady of Miss Philip V. Pillsbury / actor Ian Quarrier and model Daniel Luna, 1968 4. Norman Norell Vintage 60s / Madame Gres Vintage 50s 5. Pattern, 1969 6. Pattern, 1960s / Marianna Fightful and Mick Jagger, 1969 7. Shot from the movie "Ghostbusters" 8. Photo from the book Hobby and Craft, 1975 / Painting by Marianna Stokes "Leaving the train" 9. Article "Сape in power", Renata Molho, July 2006, Vogue Italia. Photography: "Penelope Tree and David Bailey in London", 1972 / Model in the Hardy Amies cape, 1966, Vogue 10. Uniforms for stewardess by Pierre Cardin, 60s / photo by FK Gundlach}

Judging by the collections of this fall, the cape is again a popular coat. Calvin Klein, Celine, Chloe, Alexander Wang most of all capes were in the collections of designers who are somehow fond of minimalism. And if Alexander Wang still had some references to the past, in the Calvin Klein collection there is not a hint of retro.

^{1. Alexander Wang Fall 2010 2. Calvin Klein Collection Fall 2010 / Celine Fall 2010 3. Chloé Fall 2010 / Giambattista Valli Fall 2010 4. Dior Homme FW 2005 5. Givenchy FW 2010 6, 7. Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 8. Missoni Fall 2010 / Rag & Bone FW 2010 9. Sonia Rykiel FW 2007 / Undercover SS 2006 10. Véronique Branquinho SS 2006 / Y-3 Fall 200911. Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2010 12. YSL Rive Gauche S / S 2006}

In order to create a correct, not overloaded silhouette, the capes are advised to be combined with a narrow bottom - skinny jeans and narrow skirts. When viewing blogs you can see that this rule is usually not neglected. Even Anna Dello Russo, who is always ready for experiments, wears only high boots and stockings with a cap. And, of course, do not forget about the long gloves.

^{1. Essential Homme, June 2009 / Vogue Nippon, Tommy Ton, October 2010 2. Vogue Nippon, Tommy Ton, October 2010 3-5. Vogue Italia, October 2010 6, 7. Shooting in FT How To Spend It "The Spirit of Christmas Past"}

The first autumn trend was picked up by TV presenter and the favorite of British Vogue, Alex Chung, and French actress Klemens Poesy. Now Cape, similar to those that are Chang and Poetry, you can buy in Topshop, and in Zara. But the most beautiful is still at Halston (the legacy of the American brand is not only evening dresses to the floor), Yves Saint Laurent (the model of the cap is almost unchanged from the base of the fashion house and is repeated almost every season) and 3.1 Phillip Lim hardly justifies the price, but thanks to the fabric from which the cape is sewn, it will not be cold in it even if it snows.

^{1. Designer and actress Mary-Kate Olsen 2. Creative Director of Japanese Vogue Anna Dello Russo from the blog Mr Newton / actress Clemens Poetry 3. French Vogue Editor-in-Chief Karin Roitfeld / Fashionising4. Model Anna Selezneva on Fashionising / Lady Gaga blog 5. Valeria Kelava model / singer Patrick Woolf 6. Singer Kylie Minogue / singer Zhanel Monet 7. Photo from elle.com blog / photo from Chictopia blog 8. Photo from the Facehunter blog 9. Photos from the blog Mash Street 10. Mash Street blog photo / The Sartorialist blog photo 11. Photos from The Sartorialist blog 12. Photo from the Fashionising blog / photo from the Vanessa Jackman Blog blog. 13. Photo from the blog Folly Fashion / photo from the blog Mr Newton 14. Photo from Trendy Crew blog 15. Photo from Threadbanger blog / photo from Style Scout blog}

Vitaly Kozak, host of the Love Boat blog on Vogue.ru:

I like the Cape very much. It is a pity that in our climate, they can be useful only a few weeks a year. Cape looks very beautiful on fragile girlish shoulders. I remember once met Kate Moss in the Ritz, she hurried to the YSL show, and she was wearing a black cape that covered her short skirt and exhibited insanely beautiful slim legs. She was like a cat, and all this black cover was very much for her. The most favorite cape, of course, is Chloe. I would advise girls to wear them with pants and skirts. But especially dramatic Cape looks with a dress. It can be very mannered to throw a gentleman into his arms from these frail girlish shoulders.

^{1. Derek lam 2. Celine 3. Sandro 4. Topshop, £ 75.00 5. Topshop, £ 85.00 6. Topshop, £ 95.00 7. H & M 8. Love moschino 9. 3.1 Phillip Lim, £ 778.72 10. A.P.C., £ 353.19 11. Alexander McQueen, £ 1,297.87 12. Alice + Olivia, £ 391.49 13. Antik Batik £ 519.15 14. Aubin & Wills, £ 365.96 15. Halston £ 723.40 16. Joseph, £ 493.62 17. Y-3, £ 174.47 18. YSL £ 1,046.81 19. Vanessa Bruno, £ 519.15 20. Vanessa Bruno, £ 519.15 21. Pringle 1815, £ 251.06 22. Missoni, £ 889.36 23. Lounge Lover, £ 153.19 24. Max azria 25. Rebecca Taylor, £ 489.36 26. Red Valentino, £ 365.96 27. Tory Burch, £ 702.13 28. Thomas Wylde, £ 1,863.83 29. Zara 30. Zara 31. Zara 32. Le Mont St. Michel-Urban Outfitters 33. Asos 34. Rag & bone}