Clothes of '93?

Fri Aug 1 20:14:10 UTC 2003

Well if this isn't the most pointless debate in... Anyway, let me 
explain, and then let's be friends.

> Is there a reason to expect the WW to 
> dress according to what you remember to 
> be the fashion in the early 90's?  

Yes, there is. What I meant was simply: if they're going to have the 
kids wear muggle clothes after lessons etc., why not have them wear 
muggle clothes of the right time period?

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.
> 
Yes, but there is still a general idea of what people were wearing 
then (this is of course always a difficult part for filmmakers to get 
just right).

> 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?!

Now you're taking this a little bit too literally...

> 
> 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.

I did *not* even mention the robes. 

/Bella