Cloaks with Shadiversity

How MEDIEVAL CLOAKS affect SWORDS and COMBAT
Shadiversity | 2.VIII.2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcoXRknPipo

5:10 Actually, I think the main technology replacing cloaks is better facilities for getting out of the way of the weather.

Like cars, trains and hotels, when travelling.

10:09 If a magical hood makes you invisible, presumably the invisible hood is not blocking your vision at all?

12:19 Problem two : looks like a recipe for cutting up your cloak, drawing it from a back-scabbard.

I think back-scabbards may be better suited for fantasy settings in which a muscular barbarian wears nothing on the torso.