Category: Raincapes

…. You might just find Clair The Cape Queen. But ‘Avenues and Alleyways’ might be familiar to some older Pluvmantelo followers as a 1973 single by Tony Christie. It came to prominence not only for its chart success for ITV series ‘The Protectors’. The title …

… and another cape by the wall. Another day, another urban exploration and Clair The Cape Queen’s fondness for traditional architecture – and, as we see here – brickwork – meant some pictures were needed. The damp day meant a cape was ideal attire and …

The Cape Queen’s love of architecture knows no limits and she’ll jump at any chance to look at old and mid-century buildings. That was the case recently as she spent an afternoon in the carousel cape surveying some fine Victorian and Edwardian architecture. And while …

Well not quite, but the skate park is in some shape and form a latter-day reminder of the Brutalist type of architecture. And while The Cape Queen didn’t have a skate board she did have a cracking cape, that causing much interest as she headed …

… and you might find Clair The Cape Queen enjoying an afternoon stroll. But summer hasn’t started in this part of Mercia and it’s pretty cold: it’s been raining a fair bit too, so Clair’s afternoon walk involved her fine 1960s dark blue American nylon …

It doesn’t take long for any shoot with Clair the Cape Queen to start talking about album covers: let’s face it, LP cover design was in a world of its own, pushing an artist as quickly as possible as you flicked through the album racks. …

A day for wandering around the town, taking in a bookshop (where books were bought) and maybe a coffee later. It was all good, despite the rain. And rain it did. Loads and loads of it, for a good couple of hours. Luckily and no …

Yes it is: Clair The Cape Queen’s latest acquisition is the 1960s cycle cape bought from Atomic Goose, a Derbyshire shop selling mid-century and vintage décor, curios and, in The Cape Queen’s case, this fabulous cape. It’s already bagged in a place in the Top …