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A cloak holds the energetic frequency of an embrace, protection, warmth, privacy, healer, grace, royalty, and divinity. Cloakt’s Cloaks are infused with a mystic intention and tons of love! Contact us to Get Cloakt today! We look forward to starting your custom order.

Each cloak is one of a kind. The fabrics available for use fluctuate greatly. Generally we have many color options, many different kinds of fabrics and clasp findings to suit your particular flair and function. Just send us an email or give us a call and we will be able to share with you all available options for materials so that we can work together to design the cloak you were made to shine in! Check out the photos on the website for a baseline of ideas. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Avalon Cloak

$350.00

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The Alchemist Cloak

$275.00

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Hemlock Cloak

$250.00

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A Mother Daughter duo of creators. I made my first cloak with my mother, Sharon Stewart, when I was twenty three years old at the farm house I grew up in, in Skagit Valley. Inspired to do this, I was on the lookout for a great piece of wool to make it with. I knew that I wanted it to be, not only fashionable but sturdy and weatherproof for these Northwest winters. I needed something perfect for walking the forested campus at Evergreen State College where I was attending. It was then that my step father offered me his army blanket which had been with him when he was younger and served as a medic in Germany. It was a beautiful olive drab, mossy green and carried a protective and strong quality. For nearly twenty years this cloak has not only kept me warm and dry, but her stunning aura commands a mystic presence and turns heads everywhere she goes. 

Seventeen years after this cloaks creation I had an inspiration to make a smaller version for my friend Eleanor, for her fourth birthday. There is currently no fabric store on the island but I was driven to make this happen before the birthday party that evening. So I drove to “The Exchange”, which is a warehouse style reuse, resale store located at the local dump. There I found what turned out to be the most wonderful fabric for the job and exactly the right amount of it while rummaging through a bin of linens. Bright lime green silk and a soft fluffy lavender for the inside. Without a model or pattern other than the original cloak, I did my best to make a mini version of the original, except with different fabric and completely lined. I enjoyed watching Eleanor’s face light up when I gave it to her almost as much as I enjoyed the process of creating it. As if like magic, it fit her perfectly. I got to watch her run through the yard with it flowing behind her for the rest of the party. There were a few women at that party who exclaimed that they wanted one too. My mission was clear. Cloakt was conceived. Setting out to begin this journey, I asked my mom to work together with me to recreate our original cloak design. We had so much fun creating our second edition adult cloak, that we just kept sewing. As happens for artists at times, my mother had recently been feeling like she had lost a certain sense of creative inspiration and creative interest before we made the first Cloakt cloak. Her artistic inspiration was suddenly rekindled and that spark turned to a bright flame as she continued to make her own cloaks from her farm house in Skagit Valley while I sewed here in the San Juan Islands. We talk on the phone every day about the excitement of the cloak making, fabrics, designs, fasteners and help talk each other through any kinks we are trying to iron out when creating new designs. 

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Some History of Cloaks:
Materials from which cloaks have been made over the centuries are; wool, satin, silk, pleated chiffon, velvet, lace and taffeta fabrics.

• Paenula - The simplest style of cloak was  and it was worn by both sexes. 

• Sagum - Cloak worn by Roman Soldiers and by Roman officers. It was simple rectangular piece of heavy material, knee length, which fastened by a metal or leather clasp called “fibula”. Soldiers wore red ones while officers wore scarlet ones. Purple cloak, which was fastened by a large brooch on one shoulder, called lacerna was worn by generals. Purple color visually distinguished a general from other officers.

• Paludamentum - An expensive ankle length cloak fastened with a gold or jeweled clasp or brooch worn by Emperors of Rome. Roman senators also wore Lacerna over their toga.  

• Leana - A thick, round woolen cloak that Roman priests wore. 

• Palliuim - A style of colorful decorated cloak that was reserved for the wealthy. 

• Cardinal or Scarlet Hooded Cloak - Very popular in the 18th century Britain. It was made of scarlet wool cloth which was double milled to make it resilient to weather. Scarlet was just a name for a cloak and it was also was also available in other colors. 

• Mantelets - Hip-length cloaks became modern in the 1890’s.

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