Robes and other Clothing

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No: HPFGUIDX 45816

I'm pretty much going off of what everyone else has said on this 
subject so far, and reporting my own findings.

In SS, after Hermione comes in to the compartment and the whole 
fight with Malfoy and Co., there is this bit of text: "He [Harry] 
and Ron took their *jackets* and *pulled* on their *long* black 
robes. Ron's were a bit short for him, you could see his sneakers 
underneath them" (110, US edition, emphasis mine). 

This passage only says that they pull off their jackets, then pull 
their robes on. When I read that the first couple of times, I 
thought they wore their robes over their Muggle clothing. This 
passage implies that Ron and Harry are wearing *something* 
underneath*, if they only pull off their jackets. 

Someone else said that they thought dress robes and/or girl's robes 
were longer, but this part says that robes should be long enough to 
cover the shoes. Of course, Harry is just wearing his for the first 
time, so he might only think they were supposed to cover his shoes. 
Also, in Madame Malkin's shop, she "slipped a long robe over his 
head and began to pin it to the right length" (77, US Edition). The 
school robes are pull-overs, not buttoning or tying in the front, as 
demonstrated in the CTMNBN.

Later on, in GoF: "He [Ron, in a bad mood] talk much as they changed 
into their school robes..." (170, US Edition). Now, Hermione is in 
this compartment. She never leaves that compartment, as there is no 
mention of her leaving when the boys change. In CoS, there is 
mention of her waiting outside the curtained-off area of the 
hospital wing while Ron helps Harry change into his pajamas after 
the bludger incident. I'm going to take this as they do wear 
something under their robes, enough so that a bunch of 12 year olds 
would not be self-concious about changing into their robes in front 
of the opposite sex.

-Acire, who heard about Richard Harris's death, told her boyfriend, 
and the first thing that came to mind was "Who's going to play 
Dumbledore"? She is appropriately saddened, though.