/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Pic related

Yo, so I'm going to do Dualscar for Otakon before I take a long break from HS cosplay, part because I want to do something that's more elaborate and complicated for once from this series, another because I'm so fucking tired of seeing DS cosplays with armor that doesn't make any fucking sense, atheistically and functionally. (Box-y armor with plates hanging by chains with gaps in between to expose the stomach? What the fuck are you thinking?)

Only thing is, I'm hung up on the kind of fabric to use for the cape. In the pic is a satin scrap from a previous cosplay I've done. It's the right color and I feel satin matches the ~regal~ status of DS, but I'm iffy on using it because I know how some people regard satin as gaudy and cheap. Any alternative suggestions?