Clothes of '93?

Fri Aug 1 18:27:49 UTC 2003

Mathilde:
> Well, Petra, the fact is, I think
> Bella was writing about their 
> *muggle* clothes, not their robes
> :)  in which case I totally 
> agree with her (I was 12 in 93, and
> we didn't dress like that *at all*). 

Bella:
> Obviously I meant the muggle clothes!
> I thought that went without saying.
> Honestly...

Ah.  Well, m'dears, allow me to be 
explicit instead then:

Bella had written:
> Aargh. I was 13 in '93 and there were
> NOT clothes like that then.

Which made me wonder: there WEREN'T?!

Is there a reason to expect the WW to 
dress according to what you remember to 
be the fashion in the early 90's?  At 
any given point in time, fashion will 
vary greatly between different countries, 
different communities and even different 
social circles; our individual experience 
of "fashion" will vary greatly since we 
do not all live in the same community.

Are any of the clothes actually 
anachronistic?  <head a-scratching>  Do 
any of the items of clothing feature 
inventions that did not exist during the 
early 90's?  I can understand that 
perhaps you wouldn't wear such items 
during your life then...but...surely you 
don't mean that such clothes did NOT exist?!

See, unless you 'actually' went to Hogwarts 
during the early 90's and ran in the same 
social circles as HRH (and thus could tell 
us what the robes are made of), I am at a 
loss as to why you *expect* the kids to 
dress in the same fashion as that of your 
personal experiences.

Tell me that you have first hand experience 
of Hogwarts and I just might turn the 
deepest of green from envy!  <wink>

Petra
a
n  :)

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