Wizard Wears What?

[glockgal]

Wizard Clothes
sure it's been pondered over millions of times already, but I'm doing it once more!

Drawing some recent canon art has given me a lot of thoughts and re-thoughts on clothes, fashion and style in the HP Wizarding World.

I consulted the HP Lexicon for reference/research

Comments

[ratcreature]

Awesome post! I think Neville's gran with an Atari t-shirt is my new favorite thing!

I guess if you want wizards to wear muggle-like clothing that is unlike (contemporary) muggle dress you could go with historical dress styles, like they could wear individual hoses rather than trousers, or maybe they wear their trousers knee-length and long socks, or some tunic like things, like in traditional peasants clothing?

[glockgal]

*hee* For real - little Neville dressing in Muggle clothes? He probably thinks a pair of elastic waistband tapered jeans with no backpockets is like, the bestest gift EVER. Nawww!

I LOVE the idea of knee-length trousers and long socks! I need to incorporate that in my wizard wear!

[glockgal]

I don't remember that part in CoS, but it was suggested that there must be a contemporary wizard clothes store in Diagon Alley or something for young 'uns to get Muggleish clothes; the twins' jackets for example, or Tonks' Weird Sisters t-shirt. :D

The Weasley jumper could theoretically be worn over a set of robes; but, as I mentioned above, trousers do seem to be a part of wizard wear. I think though, that the trousers mightn't be like brandname Gap cargos or anything; they'd be somehow un-Muggleish (ie buttons instead of zips, or scalloped hems on men's trousers, or endless pockets or something) and made by wizards, for wizards. :D

[glockgal]

Like choirboys! Nawww, that is so adorable it hurts. The House ties really do make it so easy and cute and for the longest while I happily accepted them as my canon! And then I reread the books and it totakky threw me off, eheh.

[glockgal]

Good god. Good GOD. I am completely infatuated with the fugliness of these robes and the tiny thugs strolling around in them. I love it! I love you!!

[nutnatz]

As someone has already mentioned, the Weasley kids do have the Weasley jumpers, which would mean that they also wear some type of pant. Maybe they'd wear robes over the jumpers, but I do think that they are relatively relaxed on the clothing front. However, the Weasleys are Blood Traitors so I suspect their mode of dress isn't shared across the board.

[vejgurl]

Yeah. All of the Weasleys, except Arthur, manage jeans just fine for the QWC. And I think they dress like Muggles when they go to catch the Hogwarts Express because of all the Muggles at Kings Cross. They change into robes on the train.

[nutnatz]

Yes actually I noticed the Kings Cross muggle dress thing. In PS, when Harry is standing around waiting and he sees the Weasleys, he doesn't make a note about the way they are dressed, but the fact that they have trunks and an Owl and say the word Muggle. He would have noticed if they were wearing robes too.

Also, I think that with the influence of mugleborns through the ages, loads of muggle style clothes would have found their way into the wardrobes of wizarding families.

[glockgal]

Which makes wizard wear even MORE interesting for two reasons --

1) Harry wasn't exactly worldy or well-traveled at 11; even less so than your normal 11-year old. How many styles and fashions that he sees on people - Muggle and wizard alike - would he find odd? Quite a lot, I suppose; but that's my own personal interpretation.

2) Vernon noticing, in the beginning of PS, a variety of people in public areas wearing brightly coloured robes and cloaks. He and the other Muggles tried mostly to ignore their presense. Which I think, is a running theme in these books - strange happenings of wizards seem to be generally ignored by Muggles, including their strange dress.

*ponder ponder!* Sorry if I'm no good at this meta stuff - it's generally why I try to stay away from it and leave it to, like, smart people.

[kaleidoskope]

[glockgal]

Awwwhawww, thanks!