I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.
Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.