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A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment of any length that hangs loosely and connects either at the neck or shoulders. They usually cover the back, shoulders, and arms. They come
Batman and Robin
Tlatoani Nezahualpiltzintli; Aztec king of Texcoco wearing a Mesoamerican cape
Two Italian carabinieri (gendarmes) with capes
Pazyryk horseman wearing cape 300 BCE
Inverness cape
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The Inverness cape is a form of weatherproof outer-coat. It is notable for being sleeveless, the arms emerging from armscyes beneath a cape. The cape is also called havelock after Henry Havelock.
Cape
…formal evening uniform. Caped overcoats were popular for men during the Victorian era, with some caped Ulsters featuring multiple layered capes, and the Inverness coat (both formal evening and working day variants) had a cape. The Inverness coat is no longer commonly worn (though it has begun to be revived, on a limited…
The formal form with lapels, 1901
Formal coat without lapels, 1900
An 1830 caricature of the Duke of Wellington as a coachman.
A coachwoman in London in 2011. She wears a multilayer cape.