“Key Keeper” Cloak
Limited Edition Wool Cape
"Key Keeper" Cloak
Limited Edition Wool Cape
Our "Key Keeper" Collection is a versatile wardrobe of medieval-inspired items that are practical as well as beautiful. Even though we've designed the items to look great together, we also know that they will have an easy time fitting into the wardrobe of anyone looking for a few more pieces to complete their own outfits.
This cape drapes gracefully across your shoulders and flows to the ground – it is very long! Instead of using a traditional medieval cape pattern, we’ve added additional gores to make sure we could get the maximum length and fullness to make the best cape possible. The cape sits around your collarbones and can be closed with a fibula, which can be passed through two loops of cord sewn into the trim to avoid damaging the fabric.
The cape is made from woolen cloth, which makes for a great cape because it is water-resistant, drapes in a nice way, and keeps you warm in colder weather. Wool has been used for millennia to make hard-wearing, comfortable clothing, so history agrees that this is a great fabric choice! The majority of the cape is made from one color, with contrasting wool accenting it at the edges. Between the two colors of wool is a strip of trim, which has been custom designed by our artists to match our “Key Keeper” collection. This trim features stars, diamonds, and other geometric shapes and has been inspired by medieval patterns.
The color schemes we’ve used for these cloaks are absolutely perfect and designed to match the trims. The first option is made from beige wool with red edges, which has a classy appeal to it. The other option is a lovely shade of blue with yellow edges that really give it a bright look and makes it pop. No other color combinations are currently available as we feel that these two are already perfect.
The most amazing part of this cape is the fine finishing. The trim and wool edging have been attached in a very crisp, masterful way that can only be achieved from many years of tailoring experience. All of the internal seams are finished at the edges with lacing to hide any raw fabric – in a matching blue for the blue cape, and a contrasting red for the beige. A subtle bordering flat braid trim has been sewn into the edge of the trim going down the front of the cape to better emphasize and accent the border.
Overall, this is a masterfully created piece that has been made from a limited run of a special wool, just in time for the colder months. If you love this cape, don’t wait – it won’t be around forever!
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- Woolen cloth;
- Trim;
- Cord;
- Flat braid trim.
- Limited run of special wool cloth;
- Contrasting wool border;
- Blue/ yellow or beighe/ red;
- Perfectly matching trim;
- Fine finishing;
- Very long;
- Nice drape.
This item is part of the “Stories of the Castle” collection View collection
Gorgeous cloak, and as mentioned in another review there is a LOT of fabric here—enough to wrap up yourself plus a friend or two! The stitch-work is very fine. The wool is heavy and warm and, as you can see in the picture of me on a ferry boat, billows wonderfully in the wind! The two wee loops at the neck for cloak pins/fasteners are surprisingly sturdy. Armstreet is spot-on about the quality of this garment. I love it. I do wish I had ordered this just a little shorter, as I requested ankle-length but with this much fabric it still brushes the ground up/down stairs and over variable terrain. So I am considering (very, very carefully) hemming it myself or whipstitching some yellow fabric over the bottom trim to protect it from abrasion. If I do that I will update my review here with the results.
This is a wonderful cloak, and has become my favourite casual outerwear for early spring days. (I requested a shorter hem so it wouldn't drag on the ground, having measured the desired length) The sewing is very high quality, no stray threads or loose seams. There is a lot of fabric there, enough to wrap up in like a blanket. I ordered the hood a couple of years ago, and now the cloak. The colours don't match up exactly, probably the wool material changed at some point in the intervening years. I kinda wish they matched, but I love these pieces all the same.
Il mantello è bellissimo e caldo.
Hello. I love this design so much, but I run everywhere in my clothing and a cape draping to the ground would be quickly ruined. Could this cape be tailored to drape at the ankle/calf, rather than brushing the ground? If so, would that modification be an additional cost for tailoring, or less cost due to less fabric used?
Hello, this is a custom size cloak. It can be hemmed as you wish. No extra cost for it or discount. Please leave a comment to your order that you want it to be ankle length.
Good day. Quick question: the two options for this cape include the beige wool and a blackberry wool. Is the blackberry wool the same colour as the blue wool in the photographs? I am asking just because the sample image of the blackberry wool looks much darker than the cape in the photographs. Thank you!
Hello, it is actually blackberry wool shown in the pictures of the listing. That is how the blackberry wool looks like.