Dress Robes

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 53759

At 04:23 14/03/03 , grace701 wrote:
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>I have seen the movie, so I can definitely picture them wearing robes.

Oh-oh. I don't want to repeat the discussion we had in October, but I 
maintain that what they wore in the movies (and indeed what Harry wears in 
the book illustrations) weren't "robes", but "gowns". My idea of a "robe" 
is something which is closed at the front and hides what's underneath. As 
far as I'm concerned, the only male character in the movies whose costume 
is a "robe" is Dumbledore.

Certainly putting lace frills on the arms of the something shaped like the 
gowns the students wore in the movies would look incredibly silly and out 
of place, even for a wizard.

>That's not a problem, but I wanted to know what *dress* robes look 
>like.  So are these dress robes for boys?

My point exactly. If you can't imagine "dress robes" based on what the 
movies portray, the movie doesn't portray something that can rationally be 
called a "robe". In other words, I imagine "dress robes" to be along the 
lines of what Dumbledore wears rather than what the students wear.

>What about the girls?  I picture the girls wearing medieval gowns as their 
>robes.  You know like the way Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett dress in LOTR. :D

Me too. Or indeed, something akin to what McGonagall wears in the HP 
movies. :-)

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GulPlum AKA Richard, who is now bowing out of this conversation, as he said 
all he has to say several months ago, summarised above. :-)