Rubber Archives - Pluvmantelo: vintage, classic and modern rain capes and raincoats

March 10, 2025

Spring’s certainly arriving and despite the morning’s still being cold Feraline managed to get some post-sunrise gardening done wearing her old dark green rubber cape. Caped gardening is definitely something Feraline enjoys and it means, with a decent jumper underneath, she can keep warm too. …

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Goin’ urban again

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April 5, 2024

It might have been sunny but the air was damp – what better excuse for The Cape Queen to show off her recently-bought DKNY rubber cape. Walking through her local park to the shops it certainly turned heads. While it’s not full-on shiny it’s certainly …

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Introducing The Cape Queen

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November 29, 2023

Cross the England/Wales border and push on through what was Mercia and you’ll come to the domain of The Cape Queen. Clair’s a long-term raincape lover, with an appreciation of ‘proper’ raincapes of all ages and materials, whether oilskin, PVC or rubber. We met Clair …

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Back in Black

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May 22, 2023

Here’s Pluvmantelo’s friend Francesca out west in an old rubber cape and a more recent Hunter glossy black example. We’re thinking they both look great and, what’s more, Francesca got what they’re all about. More pictures coming soon. …

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Black and red – rubber and waxed cotton

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May 9, 2023

Once again Pluvmantelo headed west on a warm, sunny day to catch up with our friend Francesca. OK, the weather wasn’t exactly ‘cape’ but a boot-full of capes was well received and our only regret was it wasn’t tipping down. Anyway, we hope you’ll enjoy …

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Miss Meatface in a Slickon cape!

by Pluvmantelo

March 27, 2023

In an exclusive to Pluvmantelo, following our donation of some capes to Miss Meatface she’s sent us these images, enjoying the Slickon cape in her sitting room. We think she’s produced great period-perfect images of these wonderful, much-overlooked capes and we hope you’ll be liking …

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Another black rubber cape

by Pluvmantelo

June 16, 2022

Yes, another old black rubber cape and this time it’s a 1950s Slickon we bought a few weeks ago. It’s certainly aged well and we think it looks simply great. It hangs well and still has a half-decent shine. Saph’s clearly made it her own. …

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The old black rubber cape

by Pluvmantelo

July 19, 2021

Any collection – paintings, books, wines or cigars, for example – has a stand-out item, and in the Pluvmantelo cape collection this old rubber cape is the star piece. …

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Spring’s here – hopefully

Goin’ urban again

Introducing The Cape Queen

Back in Black

Black and red – rubber and waxed cotton

Miss Meatface in a Slickon cape!

Another black rubber cape

The old black rubber cape

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A bit of a 2025 Cape Queen look-back

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Orange cape’s really appealing!

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