Movie uniforms - Another suggestion. Oh, and socks again...

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Firebolt" <particle at u...> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I saw the movie stills with the Hogwarts students in uniform the 
other day (thanks to whoever put them up in the Files section!), and 
I remember someone asking how they had the House-color sweater trim 
before they were Sorted - my suggestion is that maybe the trim is 
purple (which I'm guessing is the Hogwarts color, seeing as it's the 
color of the letter's seal) until they get Sorted, and the trim 
magically changes color?

I think black-and-white might be easier to deal with, technically.

> Also, I'm wondering - does it really make sense to have variations 
in uniform for the different houses? Because I'm assuming that by the 
time we get up to CoS, Harry and Co. have thorough experience in 
identifying Houses, even if the colors might be really close (i.e. 
Ravenclaw and Slytherin) - so how come they mistook Penelope 
Clearwater, who would have Ravenclaw blue trim, for a Slytherin 
during the Polyjuice incident?

It's possible that Penelope either 1) had her robe closed all the 
way, or 2) didn't have to be in uniform for what she was doing at the 
time.

 Speaking of CoS, and getting back to the "socks" topic, I'd still 
like to see the boys wearing shorts and kneesocks for the first 
couple years. 
Not only would it fit in with the dated, if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-
it feel of the wizarding world (long pants are fine for Muggle kids 
who can't use Leg-Warming Charms), but the ending of CoS would look 
great!
 Just picture Harry scraping off this huge, filthy sock that wraps 
all the way around Papa Malfoy's head when it lands; after it's 
thrown to Dobby, Lucius looks up the stairs to him; Harry just grins 
and pulls up his remaining kneesock as if to say, "yeah, you just got 
bested by kid!"