[HPforGrownups] Re: OT: Garment Shop

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 1884



Kelley wrote:

> > For people in the U.S., I just bought a cloak that pleased me very
> much from these people:
> >
> > http://www.hmoon.com/
> >
> > Expensive, but worth it, I think.  I got it at a local Renaissance
> Festival, but as you can see, you can order over the Internet.  The
> one I got was the Rectangular Yoke Cloak.
> >
> > Peg
>
> Peg--
>
> I went to this site, and Wow!  The cloak you have is gorgeous!  What
> color is it in?  I'd love to get one, if I had $350, and if I lived
> somewhere that winter lasted longer than 5 minutes.  (I live in San
> Antonio.)  Oh, were that these were common winter wear.  Was there a
> site posted for the Austrian shop?  I'd love to see their merchandise
> as well.
>
> Kelley

Well, yes, it was horribly expensive, and I was rather appalled at myself
for doing it.  But I saw the cloak at the Renaissance Festival and thought
about it, hard, for a month.  One of the things I liked about it is that it
isn't lined with acetate, which in my experience, just rips out of coats.
I've had to replace my last three winter coats because the lining ripped out
(we wear our winter coats HARD in Minnesota).  I figured if I am replacing a
$100 - $150 coat every two to three winters, I could get something for
$350.00 that might last ten to fifteen years.  Finally, one night I had a
dream about it, and that decided me.  If I was dreaming about it, I had to
have it.

So I went back to get it.  They have the cloaks in all sorts of colors (see
the website), but I got mine in black.  I absolutely feel like a wizard when
I wear it.  It's extremely heavy, and so voluminous that  I can wrap it
around both my kids when we're waiting for the bus together.

No dry cleaning--you want to preserve the lanolin in the wool.  If something
gets on it, you just blast it with a garden hose and then let it dry.

Peg