Spanish cloak

The Spaniard cloak or Spanish cloak is a garment typical long Spanish . This is a piece of coat traditional that, over time, has managed to maintain its appearance full swing of use in the late nineteenth century . It was garment of priests and old Christians . It is called "Spanish" or even "Pañosa 'to the man, being made of cloth , wide flight and with bands of velvet lining striking color as the front edges.

History

The tribes celtíberas already employed in his dress coat, called sago . Using layer it was banned by one of the ministers of Carlos III triggering the start of the Esquilache Riots . One of the reasons was precisely the intervention in the form of dress of the people of Madrid, trying to remove the use of long cloaks.

Some of the wool producing areas as Béjar ( Salamanca ) were those who carried out the first cloaks of the nineteenth century. It is for this reason that one of its early precursors corresponds to the Duke of Béjar . In the nineteenth century to ascend to the most exclusive environments and manages to be an image of elegance and style. Its use becomes very popular, but at the beginning of century XX begins the decline of its use. The journalist Antonio Velasco Zazo founded in Madrid the Association Cloak (called "The Cloak") in 1928 and devoted entirely to the dissemination of the Spanish cloak as part of the popular apparel Madrid. He dressed frequently, The "castiza Spanish coat", without ceasing to wear a hat, a custom customary among intellectuals. Although the association emerged in Madrid, being something also typical in the history of Spain, headquarters of the association also exist in many cities.

Features

The cloak has certain general characteristics; One of the first is that the most common colors are black (mainly), navy blue, brown. It typically includes a fibula (generally similar to those of forms charro button ). Often it used completely in wool of sheep , or proportions of 90% wool and 10% cashmere . At present , typically it includes some amount of polyamide tissue. The embozo, ie, the part that covers the face is almost always done in velvet of cotton 100%, and is also dyed in different colors: red, maroon, green. It is a long and open garment by the front torso, sleeveless. Originally used by men, models for women began to exist at the end of the 20th century.

In the twentieth century used to be used in combination with other garments, such as frac . also he accompanied with full complement suit and tie. It is possible to think that the cloak is a dress of respect, that marked the tradition of the social or religious acts of a certain category.