Clothes

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 40733

Zoomphy:
>>But, like, yeah! If the kids know enough to wear Muggle clothes, 
why 
don't their parents/the adults?>>

I'm going to have to go with the only answer I can come up with:  
Generations Gaps.  Do you wear the same things that your grandparents 
do?  Or your parents, for that matter?  I know I certainly don't. My 
dad wears jeans.  Always.  In the winter he wears button down shirts, 
in the summer cotton pull over shirts.  And that's it.  My 
grandfather always wears jeans, cowboy boots, cowboy belts, cowboy 
hats, and button down shirts.  That's rather different than what 
someone my age would wear, I'd say.

Zoomphy:
>>I was thinking that maybe wizards do wear the same clothes as us--
just *under* their robes! >>

I'd say that the older older wizards(like Archie, perhaps), are used 
to wearing just plain wizard robes(which is probably why he's so used 
to that breeze =P).  Kind of like what Dumbledore was wearing in the 
movie. That MoM official was basically having to tell Archie what 
trousers are, IIRC.  But then let's go to a younger generation.  
Snape was wearing pants in the movie, and from the pictures I've seen 
of Lockhart, he is too.  So I'd guess that's what wizards around 
Arthur's generation would wear:  robes over something like what Snape 
was wearing(not quite Muggle enough, you wouldn't seen someone 
walking down the street wearing that, I don't think).  It sort of 
reminds me of something from...oh, I don't want to get flamed for 
using the wrong date, but around 1800's?  *shrugs* Late 1800's, I 
suppose.  And then on to Harry's and Ron's generation.  The kids do 
seem to know what they're doing, and so I'd guess that maybe Muggle-
born wizards are getting more and more popular?  Perhaps during 
Voldemort's first reign, some wizards went into hiding in the muggle 
world, and ended up marrying Muggles...hmm... a possibility, I think. 

Heather: 
>>Also, I'm wondering what constitutes "muggle" and
"wizard" clothing. For instance, Mrs. Weasley knits
sweaters for the kids, which seems like a muggle item
(unless wizards wear sweaters over their robes). And
in GoF, Ron wears maroon paisley pajamas (with several
inches of bare ankle showing beneath the trousers ;)
), not "sleeping robes" or something like that.>>

IIRC, Snape is described as wearing a sort of gray sleeping gown in 
GoF.  Again, this reminds me of 1800's or something like that.  But I 
think it still goes by generations- Ron wearing his pajamas, and 
such.  And as for sweaters, I think they wear them under their 
robes.  I think wizards are very fond of their robes.  What they wear 
under them has changed/will change, but they'll probably always stick 
to those robes.  

But one problem I always have with clothing: The Yule Ball.  I know 
the girls are described as wearing pink robes and blue robes and 
such...but what are they wearing under them?  A dress?  Or do they 
keep their Hogwarts uniforms and just have the robe over that? Hmm...

Zoomphy:
>>On a slightly related note, why do the wizards refer to a lot of 
things as "wizard" this or "wizard" that (ie Wizard Chess)? It's not 
like they have a lot of interaction with Muggles because it appears 
they don't have much knowledge of Muggle stuff in general (I assume 
this from the need to have an office in the MoM for the Misuse 
of "Muggle Artifacts").>>

Ah, but they DO interact with Muggles: Muggle-born wizards.  This 
reminds me of a line I remember from the movie...Ron and Harry are 
sitting around during Christmas Break playing chess.  Hermione comes 
up and watches.  One of Ron's pieces takes out Harry's piece, and 
Hermion cries out "That's barbaric!"  Ron replies wtih "That's 
Wizard's Chess."  *shrugs*  Just a clarification.  Muggle Chess is 
where you move the wooden pieces yourself, and Wizard's Chess has 
live little soldiers battling each other.  And Harry *is* Muggle-
born, so to him it would be Wizard's Chess, or wizard's photographs.  
To Ron and other wizards I'd imagine that'd be the normal for them, 
whereas they would refer to other things as "Muggle" whatevers.

~Aldrea