[HPforGrownups] Harry and Hermione and Garment Shops (Cloaks)

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 1885



hgiammarco at hotmail.com wrote:

>
> Peg, that web site is simply amazing! I am definitely going to place
> an order for a cloak after the next paycheck. Your Rectangular Yoke
> Cloak...is that 2 pieces or one? It looks like 2, but I wasn't sure
> whether you had to order the dress underneath separate.
>

Helena.  The Traveler's yoke cloak is sewn together.  It's a heavy cloak,
with arm slits, with a separate piece of material, a yoke, which is sewn to
the main cloak.  So the yoke protects your arms when they're outside the
armslits.  The pockets are nicely deep.  It has one button, and I worried
about that.  Would it be warm enough, although it was so heavy--wouldn't
wind creep underneath if it was closed only with one button?  (Our winds are
brutal here in January).  The vendor answered my questions to my
satisfaction. They had tried designing it with two buttons, but decided that
pulled at the wool too much, and so went back to one.  It is so heavy that
the wind can't stir it much, and if you put your hands in the pockets and
sort of cross your hands in front of yourself, that helps holds the cloak
closed. The vendor told me he has a friend who wears hers in Minnesota in
the worst weather in January and finds it warm enough.

Another thing I worried about was whether it could be worn while driving,
wearing a shoulder lap belt.  I talked with the vendor about that, too.
Apparently, it just takes a bit of practice--you just ruck it up a little in
back and accordion it in front, so that you have enough freedom of
movement--I found that the arms, put through the arm slits, have enough
freedom of movement--and then you simply lift the yoke up over the belt over
your lap so that it doesn't constrain you.

The traveller's cloak, which I didn't get, is actually two separate pieces
which you can wear separately or together. I was intrigued by that one,
too.  More expensive.  See the pictures at the website.

The people who were selling the cloaks were very nice and willingly answered
all my questions.  If you buy one, let me know how you like it!

Peg