I believe there are various designs - ones where the arm covering is two separate pieces joined on at each side of the back, others where the cape is sewn in place across the back and a third where the upper part is a full cape sewn only to join it at the top under the collar.

These take progressively more material, of course.

The problem with using fleece is that it tends to cling to itself, so the cape would not fall freely.

I have a cloak with a shoulder cape and lined it with the coverings of dead umbrellas collected up after a high wind arrived after most of the day had been calm but very wet. The streets were strewn with stricken brollies and I collected half a dozen, a couple of which were recoverable and the rest became something else.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: