# Do adult women wear capelets (AI warning) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** fashion-clothing\ **Created:** [July 21, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162 "2025-07-21T21:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/1 "2025-07-21T21:27:14Z")
I’ve oft seen younger girls (viz, pre-adolescent) wear garments like this. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/8EwE6nF.png?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/IBj8fas) I doubt I’ve ever seen one on an adult woman, in media or in real life, except maybe in a cosplay situation where the woman is cosplaying as a person from another time period. Do adult women ever wear these in daily life? ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/2 "2025-07-21T21:44:32Z")
I’ve seen adults wearing capelets as a shawl in a local California culture. I was surprised to see them for sale with Amazon and Dillard’s; it seems they’re fashionable. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/3 "2025-07-21T23:22:43Z")
A lot of homemade knitted ones got passed off as gifts when I was a kid. I think they just gave up on the sweater they intended to make. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/4 "2025-07-21T23:35:42Z")
They used to be part of British (and possibly other) nurses’ [uniforms](https://www.qaranc.co.uk/photos/World-War-Two_QAIMNS-Sisters.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/5 "2025-07-21T23:41:59Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > A lot of homemade knitted ones got passed off as gifts when I was a kid. I think they just gave up on the sweater they intended to make. You start from the bottom. That way, when you give up, it can be a belt. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/6 "2025-07-21T23:42:35Z")
I’ve never been in a British hospital. I assume they just wear scrubs now? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/7 "2025-07-22T00:02:05Z")
Only women who don’t wear montagues. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/8 "2025-07-22T02:04:48Z")
They were part of medieval pilgrim garb. Never seen one except for historical recreations. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/9 "2025-07-22T02:23:48Z")
Yeah. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a modern kid wearing that, much less an adult. It’s OG. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/10 "2025-07-22T06:01:33Z")
Well, _\*I\*_ laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/11 "2025-07-22T08:01:45Z")
8 hours later it just occurred to me what you meant. I laughed as well. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/12 "2025-07-22T09:45:10Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone of any age wearing one. > [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’ve never been in a British hospital. I assume they just wear scrubs now? As far as I can recall, nurses and doctors both wear something like this: [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61gplejrqgL._AC_UY1000_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61gplejrqgL._AC_UY1000_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/13 "2025-07-22T11:32:31Z")
I’ve never seen one IRL, either. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/14 "2025-07-22T12:00:30Z")
I’ve seen bolero jackets in the wild a few times on adults. Not quite a capelet, but certainly a mutant cousin of some sort. e.g. > **[Navy Blue short sleeve lace wedding bolero jacket](https://www.tulipbridal.com/products/navy-blue-short-sleeve-corded-lace-wedding-bolero-jacket-lace_043?srsltid=AfmBOor4-hFuwmdYrBlPLSGG4h7tr5H57W6X5tya_o4-4TYporx1HzQz)** > > This is a navy blue puff short sleeve bolero jacket made of bridal corded lace with ruffled edges. The lace is very soft and comfortable, yet has so much details in it. The bolero is very romantic looking and will be perfect for your wedding. We also... ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/15 "2025-07-22T13:32:48Z")
Like a short poncho? stupidest ‘fashion’ ever, with your head sticking out of a hole in the top! You might as well be traipsing about in the plastic cape you wear while getting a haircut. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/16 "2025-07-22T14:58:49Z")
Seriously, so many of you people have never even seen once? I see them all the time, for me as recently as Easter when I was at a restaurant when the post-church crowd was coming in, saw at least two on little girls. And these weren’t weird families that dress old-fashioned because of their religion - the moms were in pantsuits or whatever, for example. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/17 "2025-07-22T15:02:17Z")
Oof. Hideous. Our nurses in ths US usually look like this. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/ZPVbCap.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/IZoh85F) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/18 "2025-07-22T15:19:35Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Oof. Hideous. ? I can’t see much difference. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/19 "2025-07-22T15:21:02Z")
The seam on yours goes all the way down the garment. The seam on ours stops at the bottom of the neck. Yours have collars, ours don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162/20 "2025-07-22T15:22:50Z")
Not hideous; practical. These are people dealing with piss, shit, vomit, and blood for 12 hours or more per shift. Those neatly pressed white uniforms like Dixie McCall wore on TV are ridiculously ill suited for the tasks involved. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162.md?page=2)