Wizard wear

[jklb66]

No: HPFGUIDX 36227

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "erised_straeh" <kschaefe at g...> wrote:
> So the question is, what sort of attire do they wear underneath?  
>It seems to me there is probably a generation gap here.  [Snip} 
>Older styles, favored more by the older set, are more outfits. The 
>wizard world is becoming more and more connected to the 
> Muggle world through marriage, so some things Muggle must be 
>seeping into the culture.  I think Harry and his friends and 
>probabaly even his parents generation to some extent walk around in 
>jeans and a T-shirt under their robes and when they're not at 
>school.  

Sounds resonable.  For an example of the older generation, just think 
of the man at the QWC who refused to put on trousers.  "'I'm not 
putting them on,' said old Archie in indignation. 'I like a healthy 
breeze 'round my privates, thanks.'"  Archie is definitely used to 
wearing wizard robes and nothing else!

For the younger set, things are more muddled.  Some of the time, I 
get the impression, that they are NOT wearing many clothes under the 
robes.  In CoS, HRH only concern themselves with getting larger shoes 
and robes in order to masquerade as Slytherins with Polyjuice 
Potion.  Also, in PS/SS, Ron asks Hermione to leave their train 
compartment while he and Harry put on their robes. "Would you mind 
leaving while we change?"

HOWEVER, a couple of paragraphs later, it says, "He and Ron took off 
their jackets and pulled on their long black robes."  There is no 
mention of removing any other clothes.  Perhaps they routinely wear 
other clothes under their robes, or perhaps they just didn't care to 
strip down on the train! ;) They had just met after all.

My impression, the older generations (the faculty, Ron's parents, 
etc.) JUST wear robes (and undergarments of their choice), but the 
younger generation wears muggle clothes unless they are at school, 
and then they *sometimes* wear muggle clothes under their robes.  If 
I were a Hogwarts student, I'd wear muggle clothes under my robe in 
cold weather, but not warm.  And I'd definitely wear pants if playing 
Quidditch!

-Jennifer

"At the start-of-term banquet, Harry had gotten the idea that 
Professor Snape disliked him.  By the end of the first Potions 
lesson, he knew he'd been wrong.  Snape didn't dislike Harry--he 
HATED him."