The History of Cloaks — The Cape That Brought Down a Government

Why did men stop wearing cloaks? 🧵 In this video we unravel the myth and trace the story of the cape — from the Roman general who put one on to become a general and took it off to stop being one, to the three days in seventeen sixty-six when a decree about capes and hats drove the King of Spain out of his own capital, and the single curved seam that quietly ended two thousand years of the garment. A cloak is the only thing anyone ever wore that never needed your measurements. That turned out to be the reason it lost. If you enjoyed this history deep dive, like the video, subscribe to Fabric Myths, and leave a comment with the origin story we should cover next 👇