In Popular Culture
Arguably the most famous example in fiction, Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective Sherlock Holmes is often associated with the Inverness cape. Holmes' distinctive look, usually complemented with a deerstalker cap and Calabash Pipe, is originally credited to illustrator Sidney Paget and later made famous by Basil Rathbone's portrayal, the Inverness cape is a water-repellent garment. The commonly held image of the cape as worn by Holmes is made of tweed, but more modest capes, made of nylon or twill-weave fabrics and usually black in colour, are commonly used by members of pipe bands.
In the 1970s, the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee), in the long-running series Doctor Who, frequently wore an Inverness cape over his dandy's suits.
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