The cape still has my vote; I think it gives a more interesting silhouette.
Yours,
Miranda.
I concur, the cape is my pick, too.
The cape has a lot of character, yes? I need to see how I can make the money for it. Money is bleeding too fast as I reach the end of the month. The holidays are exacting some expenses I would normally not make. For example, all I did today was buy some American made Dutch almond biscuits (technically not English style biscuits, but proper Dutch
koekjes - where the word
cookie originates), a bottle of mineral water, and a bottle of cheap Spanish wine and I had spent $15! Even if I wasn't invited to any party this Thanksgiving (or so it looks like, unless I get a call this morning from my uncle).
$10 here, $10 there, and before you know it, you have spent $200. So I'm keeping a tight lid on the coffers until I know I can pay my rent. :-/
P.S. After an exhaustive search it looks like the cape is a discontinued item (most discount items at these web markets are). There are only two stores on Aliexpress who carry it. One store carries it at a bargain price of $36 and only carries it in smaller sizes than I can wear (so they've sold out an all but three sizes). The other one wants $60 and presumably they still have it, but I don't know for how long. Aaargh.
What I'll do is this. I want both the cape an a coat, but I will have to wait until I have money for the cape. Maybe if I can sell a one or two of my cases before xmas.The expense is too rich for me now. One of the two other coats is more likely to happen prior to the end of year, if nothing else, because more Aliexpress stores have it, and I can get it at a lower price.
The shorter coat is the cheapest at $46, and the buttons are metalized plastic according to some reviews - which means I may want to buy a new set of buttons (not exactly a problem), and the coat seems to be the "same generation" as the cape - you can see why clearly. Reviews on the short coat (pink and apparently orange color) were very good, but with color variation from ranging from pink to coral through orange (I'm assuming the real color is coral and users / sellers don't know what to call it). So presumably the cape is of the same quality, just with larger dark buttons.
The coat which is carried in more stores is the long one at $48, just $2 over the short coat so its in the middle price wise. The buttons look different (smaller), but presumably they're metalized plastic too. Maybe I can fetch some reviews for that.