Greetings!

There are a few possibilities for the robe, depending on your budget. For the low budget, you can see if you can find a decent graduation robe from a college that uses basic black. If you want something a bit more substancial, you can check out some of the SCA costume places. Moresca is one catalog place that jumps to mind. Just look for "society creative anachronism costume cloak" in google.
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Paul Grzelak
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