For designer Erdem Moralioglu, it’s about the swish. “I love the movement,” he says. “There’s an elegance and drama to throwing a cape around yourself.” His debut men’s collection, for SS22, featured a variety of capes and blankets, but the designer is not banking on capes for his menswear category — none so far have made it into production.

I’m not having much luck breaking this psychological block, but this is OK. My wardrobe habits are often about self-provocation. I challenge myself with the possibilities of what I wear, and why I wear it, particularly as I age. My example is extreme, but it is not isolated. I’m sure many of you have a vivid-coloured sweater that sits unworn in a cupboard, a gift from someone you love, who knows you will love it too if you just tried a new way.

But there can be practicality in a cape, particularly when it’s cut like a poncho. A-Cold-Wall worked with the Mackintosh factory to create a waterproof cape fastened by press studs down the front. Meanwhile, I picked up my John Skelton cape only a couple of days ago. It is similarly waterproof, cut on an asymmetric diagonal from stiff waxed cotton.