There's one I'm especially attracted to: the body of it is matte jersey and really slim fit, and then it has a cape-sleeve on it that's almost like a cocoon cape around the back.

She reached to pull him closer, but the slithering drag of her caped sleeves warned him in time to draw back.

The caped sleeve?

Long scarce on the runways, caped sleeves, belled and puffed variations, bracelet sleeves and those extending to the wrists have returned in force.

Her bathrobe ($292) has caped sleeves, so a woman can emerge from the shower with the same bravado that Sarah Bernhardt possessed when she took her bows on the Paris stage.

So on a rounded mini dress the curlicue prints reminiscent of an ornate Corinthian pillar came with wide gold straps, or a lovely dress (with pleats, very much on trend) was cut with caped sleeves to give the impression of a column brought to life.

Then there were the sort of silent-movie gowns that made his first couture show for Dior in January a hit, many in black topped with caped sleeves, some in lacquer red with deeply slit sides clasped by tiny buckles, and one with a short red leather jacket with sleeves ending in attached gloves.