CHERRY AMES: The classic nurse cape! I've seen these, and they're usually very well constructed and far more practical than the white dress she's got on.
WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST: rustling black capes are the best for menacing intruders from Kansas, don't you think?
SNOW WHITE: Who wears it better? Snow, seen here getting an assist from her bird friends, or...
EVIL QUEEN: surely she has a name besides "evil queen," like maybe LADY OF THE CAPE. She knows how to majestically swoop around a throne room, I tell you what. (she and Darth Vader would probably have a lot to talk about when they weren't trying to kill each other with poisoned apples/ jedi mind tricks.)
WONDER WOMAN: I was trying to avoid the whole superhero cape subgenre, but obviously there has to be a Wonder Woman exception. This is how you cape when you're not an evil queen, people.
LYNDA CARTER IS WONDER WOMAN IS A JIGSAW PUZZLE: that really says it all. I do like her over the shoulder cape swirl going on here.
BETTE DAVIS: she wears capes so well people come out of their staterooms to see how it's done. She is the cape whisperer. "Could I ever wear a cape so well," wonders Dinner Jacket Guy. IN YOUR DREAMS.
VALENTINO FASHION CAPE: from 1969. I love the whole mod-cape look. She looks like a Bond girl who has quit the Bond girl racket and therefore can go about fully dressed, which of course includes a cape.
FLORENCE WELCH: Like a huge beautiful moth, I expect she is going to fly away imminently.
DIANA ROSS: Seriously. This outfit was a pulsating red/orange in the color pictures I found but none were as nice as this one. It's raining but Diana doesn't care!
BIANCA JAGGER: cape for rock festivals/ camping/ everyday fabulous. Does she also have a walking stick? I believe she does!
JANELLE MONAE: cape for walking around town.
JANELLE MONAE: cape for work.
DITA VON TEESE: flawless modern cape wearing. She looks put together and powerful, like she's about ready to stride into a boardroom and take over the company with a few well placed words, then turn around and stride back out. (cape swirling on the turn! but not too much. Just the perfect amount.)
STEVIE NICKS: perfect example of mystical and ethereal yet rock and roll cape deployment.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR AS CLEOPATRA: The sparkly gold lamé best.
