Long Hair + trousers

[lorien_eve]

No: HPFGUIDX 72716

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
<june.diamanti at b...> wrote:
> ---> 
> > What I'm curious about are the wizarding clothes!   True in the 
m--
> ---, the styles are very victorian and all the men (except DD) 
seem 
> to wear trousers.  However, is there mention in the books about 
men 
> wearing trousers?  Or about the students wearing standard grey 
> school uniforms for that matter?  When Snape was turned upside 
down 
> in the penseive, he - obviously - wasn't wearing trousers under 
his 
> robes - school uniform or otherwise.  
> > 
> > Curious...
> > 
> > Lauri
> 
> I think that the film is to blame here for the trouser thing.  I 
> suspect the robes are similar in function to monkish or clerical 
> robes and folk in the ww don't wear trousers underneath them.  
IMHO.
> 
> June

I think you're right June--they don't wear trousers, or other 
clothes for that matter, under their robes. Obviously, Snape didn't. 
And although it's not in book canon, I really like the school 
uniforms they have in TMTMNBN. I like the Quiddith uniforms, too.

Lorien_Eve