Avid fashion watchers know that a good cape can offset even the drabbest of costumes, but this has been the problem - there have been no "good" capes available in ages. When there was only a few men in tight, figure-hugging lycra running around, a cape could easily provide a dramatic backdrop to heroic posing. But then every Tom, Dick and Super Harriet started appearing wearing capes that obviously doubled as their apartment curtains. The allure and elegance of the cape has faded.
Who can forget the horrible cape that Tori Spelling wore to this year's Oscars? Or the horrible stream of whiplash accidents as capes have entangled their fast-moving owners? For these reasons and many more I am glad to see capes go. No hero worth his salt will be caught dead in a cape this year!
This is not to say I don't shed a tear at the passing of such a hallowed fashion icon. It will be back. I'm just hoping that when it returns it will take a bit less from Liberace and more from Versace than it has in the past. Ciao!
