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Back on the delightfully clear, pure sands of Weymouth for The Cape Queen and again the blustery wind kept her cape billowing. We know what a big wheel is, but the other beach-domiciled structure was something else, being something like a 1950s interpretation of a …

Even The Cape Queen has to attend to domestic chores every now and then and here’s the proof that she keeps her home in exceptionally tidy order. From cleaning the surfaces to using a duster and the vacuum cleaner, The Cape Queen gets it all …

No, it’s not a 1980s pop new-wave band, more the location for a recent catch-up with The Cape Queen. Our walk around the town brought us to a lovely walled footpath: gently inclining it rose away from the main road to a quieter part, far …

It’s clear The Cape Queen goes beyond wearing capes outdoors to wearing hers indoors too and this almost floor-length ultra shiny red example is one that suits an evening relaxing at her private bar – entrance by invitation only. Voluminous is the word for this …

We popped in to see The Cape Queen just as she was getting ready for a night out and, in order to really make a truly memorable entrance, she opted for her early-1970s blue nylon cape. Understated and smart, certainly, but for the cape connoisseur …

Outdoors or indoors The Cape Queen does like wearing… well, a raincape. We caught up with her at home recently and were pleasantly surprised to see her in her very dark brown Bormax cape. There’s something surprisingly elegant about the way The Cape Queen swished …

The Cape Queen doesn’t mind a bit of cape-wearing indoors – it’s a frequent occurrence at her abode somewhere in deepest Mercia. And this time The Cape Queen went red, and red bigtime with her super-shiny, full-length cape which she wore when, well, simply being …

We’re more than pleased by how well these images have been received and here’s the second half from that shoot. There’s a strong film noir air to these images but there’s a 1970s rainwear magazine vibe going on – we hope you like the combination …

During the last few years we’ve seen the steady growth of our website and after receiving a good amount of feedback, we are in the process of offering a new element to Pluvmantelo. We have always wanted to delve into more classically tantalising imagery and …

It’s a double-header from The Cape Queen as Clair managed to wear two capes on a recent trip into town. The short blue one’s a recent addition, the clear one she’s had for some time. Both are useful and neither really turned weekday shoppers’ heads …

Welcome to The Cape Queen’s shortest cape, a recently bought glossy black pvc number that’s certainly decorative and arguably reasonably practical too. It’s already proved popular with some of The Cape Queen’s followers and one passer-by in this Mercia town asked where she’d bought it. …

After the red, the yellow, as The Cape Queen donned an old-school cycle cape to thwart the showers that decided to descend on a Mercia town. Luckily the shopping trip was delayed by a matter of seconds as Clair put her cape on. And you …

There’s no denying just how eye-catching this long red, shiny pvc cape is and as the saying goes, the shinier the cape, the closer to God. It’s a mantra that certainly applies to this excellent voluminous number. It’ll come as no surprise that The Cape …

There was certainly no hiding place for The Cape Queen as she strode out on to the moors in her bright – no, make that BRIGHT – cape. If it wasn’t bright enough already the winter sunshine added some more illumination and the result was …

We’ve already seen this long clear blue cape in a very recent posting, but here are the images for a second time, re-mixed by The Cape Queen for added vibrancy. Writing this on a wet, windy and grey February it’s clear the end of 2025 …

Yes, it’s almost the same title as the last post, but who cares? The weather was fabulous, with mega-blue skies, a proper wintery low temperature and, to warm things up, Clair The Cape Queen in a stunning shorter white cape. Now let’s be honest: White …

Winter’s here but with it can often come blue skies and the opportunity to get out and explore. So it’ll probably come as no surprise to you that The Cape Queen’s been enjoying some countryside walks. It was a windy day but with her long …