DD's clothing ( was Re: Othello (possible spoilers)

[Carol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "kempermentor"
<kempermentor at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Potioncat:
> > The plum velvet suit drove me crazy. You thought "gay" I 
> > thought "pimp." 
> 
> Kemper:
> I may have thought 'pimp' to if the scene took place in the US circa
1973.  But 1950's London didn't fit the era to me.  I always thought
that DD could play a Muggle easily.  
> 
> :)
> 
> Kemper
>
Carol responds:

It wouldn't be 1950s London. Tom Riddle left Hogwarts at eighteen in
1945, remember, so he would have been born December 31, 1926, and
would have turned eleven on December 31, 1937. Dumbledore's visit must
have taken place in the summer of 1938. During the Depression era,
that suit would really have stood out!

BTW, I agree that DD could have played a Muggle easily even without
resorting to Polyjuice Potion or Transfiguration beyond a temporary
shaving spell and haircut that could be magically reversed. Why did he
choose to stand out? i guess he figured that, with his long hair and
beard, he might as well wear a flamboyant suit to match. He was stared
at, but not as much as he would have been if he'd worn Wizard's robes
or an outfit like Bob Ogden's striped bathing suit and spats.

Carol, fearing that the movie version has moved the scene to the 1950s
and made Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, and Regulus black
contemporaries of Tom Riddle