A point about cloaks 

The one time I approve of a Hashtag.

You know what would be really practical? If they designed jackets to button into makeshift capes that could be hung to the side or something.

@@sgtsaltstick2729 I used to use my coat as a sort of cloak when I was yonger

@@avaius same

Agreed cloaks need to make a come back

LOL

I think you wouldn't need to. Your humour is so dry it'll keep you safe. :-D

are you from New Zealand?

Then you will get soaked in your own sweat.

Gothic trenchcoats do the job pretty well :P

What do you mean?

Listen to the video.

He was a real human bean.

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Art school moment

truly an art school moment

were you at a pimp convention?

I've always wanted to do this at my art school, unfortunately I have an insecurity with my appearance and I don't exactly believe that wearing a cape would improve anything XD.

You should see Hogwarts mate ur cream ur knickers

Joshua Pearce thought that was a snuggy

Plus you can use it as a "TADA" blanket. Do they come in camo

Introvert clothing item. 😁

JC Does Stuff!! The snuggie is worn to cover your front while reclining. Not at all like a cloak. The snuggie is not made for standing or walking. Good luck trying to draw your sword while you're wearing a snuggie.

enough said, enough for me

Baconstine if you don't get clotheslined and fall on your ass first

Clokes look cool. It's not like it's an aesthetic problem. It's that fashion is retarded

I agree they are fantastic, one of the best things i've ever brought.

CloakingDonkey didn't expect to see you here.

A quality wool duffelcoat is the closest modern equivalant i think.

CloakingDonkey still not in fashion in 2018

+Daniel Mallett I wish man. I really do. I would love to be able to wear a cloak without being labeled as a weirdo :(

I own a really nice cloak and i love to wear it, but pretty much everyone gives me weird stares for doing so

And tricorn hats.

Pretty sure they did bring it back. At least for people who'd never taken History classes. It was called the Snuggie. Google it.

XD A Snuggie. I wouldn't quite call that a cloak, but I'd love to be able to wear one in public.

***** Are you okay?

hipster

+Nathan Baxter Don't forget your fedora and your katana on the wall ;D jk m8^^

I have one

+Nathan Baxter i tried wearing one for a week. people did not seem to react much differently towards me. my friends were teasing a bit but after the first night, they all wanted to borrow it xD Now we are the 4-nutter-ears!... or something.. lol no im kiding i stoped wearing it, i did not find it practical in comparison to a jacket.. it was more anoying trying to figure out where to stuff a cape every time i went inside :P

Depends on how it's cut: frankly if you're fropm the US, yes, all US suits are basically garbage. The cut is far too restrictive.

its not impractical if it makes you look hot

@@testingmysoup5678 lewd

The 3 piece suit is wonderful. It allows for great heat management and helps keep posture during a long days static work. Get a proper suit and you’ll understand

​@@12many4you or just work in jobs where you can dress how you like.

DaneStolthed We don't particularly need them. There are many objects of clothing better able to stay warm in, and we can avoid rain rather well without carrying defenses with us.

+al dipschwitz really? what is a single item of clothing more helpful in the rain?

+Gary Rain suits? They're a bitch to put on, though.

+Firefox is red, Explorer is blue. Google+ sucks and Chrome does too. Get a good set with zip-up legs and leave the legs unzipped to the knee both top and bottom zips and it'll take you seconds to put on even in big boots. I keep mine rolled up so I can get the top on first then the pants, then I put any bag covers on their bags. I would very much like to try a cloak in place of my modern rain gear to see how it compares.

Rain suits suck, you get as wet as from the rain, only it's from your own sweat. A wool cloak is better IMO.

Sleeping bags are a pretty good modern alternative. The downside is the hopping for mobility :D

I love my cloak. It's warm, if I'm sleeping at a friends it's a wool blanket.. brilliant.

We have to MAKE them fashionable lol

Patrick Kniesler We just need to wear them until they become mainstream. Then, all who don't wear cloaks will be hipsters, and nobody likes hipsters

But it's hot where I live. I don't want heat stroke just to make cloaks fashionable.

+Carl Street That's rough man.

+Erreul I guess one could call that "pulling the wool out from under someone's feet"... :)

+Carl Street The same way you don't have to outrun a bear, you just have to outrun your friend.

+CorollaNut68 Speaking as a veteran of two combat tours; you have NO friends -- anyone who stands between you and safety is your enemy; no matter what uniform they are wearing.

So true!!

tSp289 me too!

Me three, and it's just pretty much regular headphones, on a phone.

Same 🖐🏼

I lived in NC until I was 40. Worked in, and visited, rural areas. Other than a couple of women, never saw anybody in a cloak.

@@Zerpersande I am still thinking about not noticing rain falling. Wait until you have a bigger bald patch.

Here in Louisiana, we only have cold weather about 3 or 4 months outta the year. But I could see a loose linen or canvas cloak being good to keep the sun off of yourself.

Incredible!!!

The lighting was about a mile away.

***** Dude, it's a joke.

Lighting or lightning - who cares. What you're talking about is thunder anyway!

because a normal thick woollen coat, you know, with sleeves and buttons, is strictly better in almost every way?

As long as the coat and the cloak are made from the same material i don't see an upside to cloaks, like sleeves are useful, pockets are useful, buttons are useful. But if you like them and hate sleeves, knock yourself out.

They became stylised in the 19th century as a part of high fashion of the time, where they remained that way past the 1880s before transforming into the overcoats we know so well.

I'm thinking maybe the backpack had something to do with it?

Why no cloak?...Because you now live in a warm house..a warm work environment..and warm transportation (a car...not on foot or horse)....?......Now people wear coats to get from their front door to their BMW door.

I you make a simple one like the one Lindybeige has (as opposed to any of the google image results for "cloak"), but made it with a less garish pattern, such as plain brown or black, people might not really think anything of it. I think I'll make one too. If I'm wrong, I don't really care, the hoodie I wear all the time is covered in paint anyway so I already look like a homeless person.

XD

Agreed. I'm now looking into getting the materials to make my own cloak as well.

Lets bring em back...fuck modern fashions

+Shamelesscritique1 I'm game

Chronicler of The Shadows (tears down curtains, gets a close line peg dons his cape and puffs up chest while placing hands on hips in a striking pose)

+Shamelesscritique1 nice

I still do, when fighting crime

+Rob Mckennie Scratchy, though. I love woollen clothing and often wear a traditional New Zealand Swanndri that's like a shepherd's smock; it seals a lot of weather out, but it doesn't dry that quickly and is very itchy against the skin. Everyone should own a "Swanny"- thoroughly recommended.

+Stone Marten What is it made of?

+AlexSDU Pure Merino wool from New Zealand, woven on quite a tight weave to keep the weather out. It keeps you warm, even when damp, but also breathes very well. I wear my Swanndri in the Autumn through to Spring and then chuck it in the back of my Jeep to use as a picknick blanket in the Summer - versatile bit of kit! Swanndri also do a "Ranger" shirt and I have one of these.

Stone Marten What do you mean a "traditional" swanndri? Admittedly they've been around a long time, but the only things about New Zealand that I'd call 'traditional' are elements of Maori culture

+Rob Mckennie New Zealand is the European colonisers' name for the islands, who also brought the sheep with them, so it is a traditional "New Zealand" garment. You cannot deny that the Swanni is cut like a traditional European shepherd's smock. As you sound like a SJW type, you would probably disapprove if I wore a Maori clothing as cultural appropriation!

Or as a piece of fabric good for suffocating people.

Make an "Indian" fire. White man: Make humungous fire stand way back, freeze his @zz off. Indian: Make small fire, sit close, stay warm. Oh and if you have just a small fire, and a wool cloak you will be snug as a bug in a rug.

Pretty sure a Snuggie is just a cloak rebranded for yuppies.

I thought a snuggie was just a reverse robe.

Good to know I'm not the only one cos lords knows I get funny looks from family to this day.

@@KingOhmni you're not alone.

Orange Joe no, a snuggie is not a cloak and you know it. A snuggie is made to cover your front while reclining. Good luck trying to draw your sword with a snuggie in the way.

With a simple flourish, you too can avoid being ended rightly!

Roger J Doucet Skallagrim?

And apparently Skallagrim's inside jokes have reached critical mass and have now spread to other channels.

Could probably defend against a horse bite.

Non can escape the devastation of the pommel

It does seem very strange that clothes have become duller and more uniform as artificial dyes and sewing machinery has come around. All I can attribute it to is that possibly people are more aware of social pressures to conform. I think George Orwell noticed this trend, though I forget the quote.

Lab Rat Actually, I was somewhat paraphrasing C.S. Lewis' Merlin who says something similar to the whole 'drab sacks of cloth'. Merlin also criticizes the paradox between having comparatively wonderful modern cutlery and utensils and sparkling clear drinking water yet subsisting on a diet of processed garbage.

Lab Rat It just the fashion cycle. It won't be long till the big thing is bright colors again.

Well... Considering that most people would sew their own garments, and so until recently most of everyone had clothes, yes, "tailor sewn" as it were, I doubt that particular bit mattered much. I mean, until industrial clothing production became a thing, no garments at all was not sewn a particular person. Of course, the very, very poor probably bought other people's used clothes, but the majority would sew their own clothes (or, well, have their wife/mother/some other woman do it) if they couldn't pay to have it sewn.

***** Think more along the lines of scavenging cloth that was thrown out to make your own clothing for the very poor.

Wiccan Wanderer How did you make it? Did you use instructions from a book or a webpage? If so, could you please tell me where I can access the information?

Same. I was called a vampire.... that made me laugh.

I have one that I wear too. I basically got two yards of fabric cut it so I had a two and a half by one and a quarter foot rectangle in the center top, folded it in half rounded the top corner of the rectangle where the fold is. Sewed all along the top and rounded corner of the rectangles, and cut a diagonal curve shape all along the bottom of my cloak, before getting a pin or leather lace and fastening it.

+Schulzffw nice xD

+Schulzffw Go! Fight! Win!

+Schulzffw the fashion designer from the incredibles?

+Schulzffw Cloaks are an English thing -- the French always Es Cape... :)

Edna Mode.

Satan Let us enjoy an afternoon of mirth!

www.kultofathena.com/cloaks.asp

Modern wool fabric is wonderful compared to what my grandparents had. Nowadays you can even make nice undergarments from wool with terrific insulation. The wool clothing my grandparents had/have is unbearable to the point I can't even wear them without scratching my skin off. The synthetics are cheaper to mass produce and therefore cheaper in general though

Shawn Wesley - I have two wool greatcoats, one Russian one British, from WWII and they are *_fantastically_* warm... t’only problem is the Russian coat weighs about 7kg...

One advantage of Australian bushland is that you can wear whatever you want, because it doesn't rain.

Bah, I HATE the feel of wool on my skin, though.

antred11 +100

antred11 I have a Soviet Air Corp jacket that is made of wool that I wear when it rains and in winter, you get used to it after the first few uses. It's easiest to just wear it for 3-5 days in a row.

JonatasMonte Wool is more likely to melt rather than catch fire. When it does catch fire though it burns hotter due to the natural oils it contains.

I've always wanted to ask someone like you, how do you consider sitting and waiting hunting? It's not hunting it's waiting in one spot till you can shoot, weak.

You obviously aren't a hunter. For a lot of prey, such as white tail deer, the only way you're going to have consistent success is to scout your area, find the trails and traffic patterns, and ambush it. For rabbit hunting with dogs the **only** way you will ever get a shot it get ahead of them and wait for the rabbit to cross in front of you.

Brian Bixby but hunting these days is obviously not for food, its for fun or as a challenge, but wheres the fun in sitting and waiting

Yeah, you're obviously not a hunter. Patience is the most important asset for a hunter, more important than aim or stealth. We have chickens, which means we have chicken feed, which means that we have rats coming to eat the chicken feed. Rats are fairly smart, which makes them fairly difficult prey. You can't just pick up the air rifle and expect to shoot one, they'll scatter at the movement. You need to pick your spot, get into a comfortable shooting position, and then wait until they come back out. The first to appear will be small and stupid. Once they've been out for a bit the larger ones will start to appear. Even then you need to wait until they're in a good spot and holding still before firing. They'll all scatter again, and this time it will be 20 minutes or more until they reappear. I've gotten as many as four large rats in an evening. That's the only non-food hunting I've ever done in my life, but it's fun.

I guess, he was talking about "hunting" in those treehouses, where you just wait until the game sticks it's head to your rifle when going to water source or eating on bait. Obviously, I'm not a hunter and have watched True detective, but that looks a lot like fishing to me and it certainly misses the "game" part in hunting.

Cloud Nucleus I still wear my cloak to school.

Im wearing blankets all the time. Even when walking with the dog.

wierdest? I think that you ment awesome.

Wierdest/most awesome

how is this weird in any way?

You clearly have no idea of who Filthy Frank is

I watch ration reviews but this is still pretty weird.

+El Fixo Just roll it up and tie it like a backpack!

Wool coats with sleeves became more popular because they left your hands free and covered instead of holding the cloak closed all the time.

Modern textile manufacturing made relatively fitted clothing cheap, so style took over from practicality. Cloaks also don't play nice with car/bus/train doors.

They were replaced with wool longcoats, which are even more practical.

***** I have a leather duster with a leather hat and I will say its rather warm.

***** Honestly, even the sparse neck(/chin)beard is surprisingly nice in a northern winter. Road my bike to school every day in Milwaukee and one winter day I decided on a full clean shave. I quickly found my ski mask when I got home that night.

Wolfe Kaplan Yeah, It's especially badass when you have ice cycles hanging off your beard. I didn't know how helpful a beard and long hair were in the cold until I grew it out. Ski masks are pretty useless now lol.

You forgot the #

# bring back clokes

Great cloaks!

I like cloaks bigly.

Paul Murray - Yeah, but can't really dye raw lanolin wool, and it's a human compulsion to decorate almost everything.

Have you ever smelled a sheep? Its fine outdoors for work/hiking but not good if you're anywhere near other people.

+432fuuzz Peacoat*

***** As hats go, yes.

432fuuzz so it is a tweed coat?

Jonathan Hughes - I’ve been looking for a good long peacoat, but have found the offerings wanting... where’d you get yours? I *_love_* my Russian and English WWII greatcoats (I swear the Russian one weighs like 8kg) but still yearn for a good peacoat...

un poncho es un poncho lo del video es cloak lo que viene siendo capa, una capa y un poncho se parecen pero no son lo mismo

Pablo Arribas what

yeah you are right

+kevin Rudd learn mexican

Pablo Arribas you mean spanish

TL;DR version: A mix of fashion, ease of movement, and conservation of fabric made us stop wearing cloaks. Anyone can take a length of cloth off a loom and make a cloak out of it, but the fashionable had tailors who figured out how to cut the fabric to cup the body. They discovered that a fitted coat took up less fabric than a full cloak, too, once properly made...but mostly it was a way to show off the fact you could afford the tailor or had the skill yourself to make the coat. As for ease of movement, the one drawback to a cloak he doesn't mention is that you can get a lot more work done while wearing a wool coat than if you wear a cloak; a cloak will gape and let in cold air when you try to work with your arms. You can bundle up the cloak, wrapping ends over your arms, even lashing the fabric into place, etc, but it's awkward, far more bulky, and takes more time than a coat to wind and unwind. (I'm in the SCA; I've used cloaks for years, and in cold weather, it's hard to get stuff done without that drafty gap problem.) Another consequence of "modern" life lay in putting more and more emphasis on separating work and leisure activities, and thus separating all the things associated with them. Your cloak could be used as an additional blanket on your bed as well as a way to keep you warm outside, but when you had a coat, you had to have a separate extra blanket for your bed because the coat wouldn't work like a cloak...but you went with the coat-and-blanket, because you could "afford" both blanket and coat; it was fashionable to have both, and showcased your wealth. Putting arm slits on cloaks was a way to help keep out most of the drafts. Putting sleeves on the slits gave us the houppelande, which kept the arms toasty while allowing us to continue to work. That in turn led toward the greatcoat, which still had fuller folds than the modern coat, which led toward coats and jackets as we know them today.

Some people still do, especially those living in colder countries, but cloaks have went down in popularity simply because we have jackets now.

Wrong. It was the 1874 Waddington "no more cloaks" Act.

I have a Shemagh and live in a tropical climate and never wear it.

well take a blanket and make 2 holes in the place of the fitting...a bit of wool string to atach in the hole and your on your way!

my thoughts exactly, bugger what people think.

Paul A Shemagh cloak.

what does mean?

+Kitt “Captain Aubrey” C Long coats with slightly rubbery exteriors instead of the rough plastic they usually are, plus i would love a fold-out blanket inside it, perhaps doubling as insulation when it's not used.

+Kitt “Captain Aubrey” C Consider the merits of the common naval "bridge coat" (which you should almost certainly be familiar with, mon capitaine): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_coat A peacoat plus a nice felt cap is a convenient combo (peacoats can have pockets, unlike cloaks). A similar design, with a waterproof outer layer (such as synthetic fiber) would go a long way towards improving the serviceability of the design, in my opinion.

+Jonathan Hughes Ye average modern raincoat is already the length of a peacoat. Leather is a shite material for a raincoat as you will quickly drown in sweat. Also, peacoats don't have hoods. The peacoat would be a downgrade from current raincoat designs

you work for the rain coat federation nobuddy listen to this guy! ! he am schill... four the rain coat mafia.

mercoid I've got my top cryptographers working 24/7 trying to figure out what the fuck you just said

indeed they are. im saving up some side cash to buy wool one ATM, cant wait to see the looks as i where it about XD

where do you live?

serieus? ik zie alleen maar regenjassen en of bontjassen haha

komt naar Amsterdam :)

anonymous2513456 Nooit geweten :P

Vanessa Costa sexist much?

perhaps i can get one to wear camping and hiking.

Me because people round here in Kent already think I am weird what with having morals and all that silly stuff so wearing a cloak is going to be even more weird and unusual I even have real standards and everything and I don’t own a telly ! They think looking at school girls is normal and I am weird because I don’t

I think there is a style of knife fighting that does this with a poncho, not like the plastic rain ponchos, but an actual poncho

Alfred Dunn criollo knife fighting,the way gauchos (lonesome bandits)and the `paisanos (workers of the country side)would fight in the spanish colonies of the plate river in argentina and uruguay.some people still fight that way but rarely of curse

And if someone penetrates your cloak you got some nice pieces of cloth in your wound.

Depends on the knife.

caranthir21 a poncho generally its quite big and hard,and country side knifes are hand made and sharpened with stones so no its not as easy as it sounds