THE CAPE MADE WITH SILK FROM 1.2 MILLION SPIDERS For five years, a team of 80 people worked on creating a cape made from the silk of the golden orb weaver spider, considered Golden cape made with silk from a million spiders in pictures Art and design The Guardian The Golden Spider Silk Cape Showcased at the @vamuseum in 2012, it's woven from the silk of over 1.2 million Madagascar Red Legged Golden Orb Weaver Spiders, taking 3 years to produce using Golden Orb Spider's Silk Is So Elegant That Designers Made a Cape Out of It The Epoch Times