Wizard clothing

[Sofie Campbell]

No: HPFGUIDX 21903

 Hi I'm a newbie so I'll give you a brief intro to me before I add my 
most wonderful thoughts on the wizarding world.
My name is Sofie and I'm seventeen. I live in Newcastle, England and 
I've been hooked to Harry Potter sice the first book came out (the 
first book was a pressie form my step-father). I joined this 
particular group because you discuss intresting things about the real 
books not fanfiction. I'm so glad to have found other people who sit 
and think about the inner workings of the Harry Potter world! I 
thought maybe I was the only one.

Ok so now you now a little about me, here are my random thoughts.

1. Wizard Clothing

I have always presumed that robes were an outer garmet underwhich 
muggle clothing was worn. I thought this would be more practical as 
it would be warmer and it stops you exposing yourself. However after 
the reading the fourth book my idea changed. Now I have decided that 
Hogwarts robes are like that with the Hogwarts crest on them,  but 
normal robes are not. Normal robes probably resemble the robes worn 
in the middle ages with appropriate undergarments. Dress robes are 
also like this (in my head) but they are more stylised and are 
designed to the taste of the wearer. 

2. The size of Hogwarts

I'm sure I can't be the only one who has ever wonder about this but 
what is the student population of Hogwarts? I thought that it was 
about 280. I worked this out from the fact that there are 5 boys in 
Harry's dormitory, I then thought that there were probably 2 other 
girls in with Hermione, Lavender and Parvati. That means there are 
ten people in that particular year in Gryffindor. If there are seven 
years each with ten people in it, then that makes 70 people per house 
and times that by 4 = 280. At first this seemed far too small but 
then it occurred to me that they double classes up in lessons, if the 
classes were much bigger than ten then this would be impossible.

3. Other magic schools.

Does anyone else think that there might be more magic schools in 
Britain? Since Hogwarts is in Scotland who's to say that there isn't 
another school in say the south of England? A smaller one perhaps.

That's the end of my ramblings for now, has anyone else got any 
thoughts on any of these things?

Sofie :)











--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Zarleycat wrote:
> 
> > This robe question has put some rather odd pictures in my mind.  
For 
> > instance, when Sirius climbs on Buckbeak to make his escape, 
what's 
> > going on robe-wise?  Does he hike them up to his hips in order to 
> > straddle Buckbeak, thus exposing a pair of bony, white legs? 
> 
> No, he hikes them up to his hips, thus exposing a pair of muscled, 
> tanned legs.  This is Sirius we're talking about!  Azkaban, 
> shmazkaban--he is nothing short of dead sexy at all times! <grins 
at 
> Siriuslovers, braces for storm of owls explaining that sexiness is 
> not all about looks>
> 
> > Are the 
> > robes unfastened part way up in front to allow for a certain 
degree 
> > of modesty?  Do robes have magical qualities that allow them to 
> > adjust appropriately to whatever situation the wearer is in?  Am 
I 
> > thinking way too much about this?
> 
> O' course not!
> 
> I do think this is one of those atmosphere decisions.  Torches, 
> quills, robes, hats--these are necessary for the medieval milieu.  
The 
> moviemakers probably had the same thought about uniforms.  The kids 
> wear uniforms because this is a British boarding school and we 
would 
> all be very disappointed if they didn't have school ties.  I was 
put 
> off by them at first, but now I kind of like them, especially since 
> Harry and especially Ron still look appropriately rumpled.
> 
> The books do seem to suggest that they wear clothes under their 
robes, 
> with the only inconsistency being the supplies list.  Harry's t-
shirt 
> in the Ravenclaw match in PA (useful for holding wand), all those 
> sweaters . . .
> 
> Yahoo is ignoring my posts, so this may show up two weeks after I 
> write it (7/4).
> 
> Amy Z
> 
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>  There were no mirrors in my Nana's house
>  And the beauty that I saw in everything
>  The beauty in everything 
>  Was in her eyes.
>                     --Ysaye Maria Barnwell
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