Wizard wear and pockets

[adhara_black]

No: HPFGUIDX 36162

Eloise wrote: 
Something (rather trivial) just struck me.
We've talked before about how the film costumes are at variance with 
the description of Harry's robe fitting in PS/SS: in the book, the 
robes are described as being slipped on *over the head*, whereas in 
the film, they are open, academic type robes.
I've been wondering how exactly JKR envisaged these robes, which slip 
on over the head, yet from the inside of which you can conveniently 
retrieve eleven inches of wand (presumably, given the climate and the 
fact that Hogwarts seems to be a draughty sort of place you would 
normally keep the front done up).
On the other hand there certainly seem to be outer pockets ( in which 
Harry tried to hide his muddy hands) which does imply a 'dress' type 
robe. 
Hermione, though, stuffed the Polyjuice potion ingredients down her 
front - into inner pockets or just held up by a belt/ waist seam? 
Perhaps, she thought Snape less likely to notice a sudden breast 
enhancement than bulging side seams!
Perhaps the word actually covers a set of garments, perhaps  wizard 
*robes* have both an inner and an outer element, the sort of thing we 
see McGonagall wearing in the film?
Eloise


Adhara writes :
I too have been wondering about how the robes 'work'. Inner garments, 
outer garments, pockets, etc. for exactly the same reasons. 
In the film, Harry and the other students seem to wear Muggle clothes 
under their outer 'uniform' robes. A shirt and school tie for classes 
for example. But they wear casual gear at other times. For example, 
Harry's wearing jeans and a torn red sweater when he confronts 
Quirrell/Voldemort. No sign of robes at all! Since JKR is said to 
have worked closely with Columbus and was very happy with the film, I 
can't imagine she wouldn't have intervened if the clothing wasn't the 
way she envisaged it in the books. 

Apart from all that, I always assumed that just like in the Muggle 
world, there must be something like witch- and wizard-fashion and 
they don't all wear the same. Certainly in PS/SS, we see descriptions 
of them wearing different coloured robes in the street on the day 
they celebrate Voldemort's (assumed) defeat. And Fugde's style is 
certainly different. 

The use of Muggle clothing is not entirely clear to me. In GoF, 
dressing as a Muggle to go to the Quidditch World Cup seems to be a 
big deal, and from the descriptions it would seem the wizards and 
witches are NOT used to it. On the other hand, they ALL dress as 
Muggles to make their way to King's Cross Station every year, so they 
don't attract attention. 



Oh well, as Eloise wrote, perhaps it's trivial. 
- Adhara