Dudley Wearing Leather?

[bohcoo]

No: HPFGUIDX 80601



All quotes from OOP, American Edition:


It was a hot, summer day/evening:

page 1: "The hottest day of the summer was drawing to a close."

page 2:  "He was not, perhaps, very comfortable lying on the hot, 
hard earth..."

page 145:  "'Yes,' said Mrs. Figg. 'I felt them. Everything went 
cold, and this was a very warm summer's night, mark you.'"


But, why does Dudley have on a leather jacket on such a hot summer 
evening? It is mentioned more than once, so must be significant:
  
page 26:  "'What did he do to you, Diddy?' Aunt Petunia said in a 
quavering voice, now sponging sick from the front of Dudley's leather 
jacket."

page 38:  "Her hands found Dudley's massive leather-clad shoulders 
and clutched them."

If this has been noticed and commented on before, kindly point me to 
the post number so I can catch up.

Thankis!
Bohcoo