Dudley Wearing Leather?

[junediamanti]

No: HPFGUIDX 80606

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bohcoo" <sydenmill at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> All quotes from OOP, American Edition:
> 
> 
> It was a hot, summer day/evening:
>> 
> 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

I don't know if it has been commented on either (have been on 
holiday for two weeks plus nearly two weeks to catch up with the 
postings).  I think the "leather jacket" is JKR's method of 
labelling Dudley as a juvenile delinquent (Rebel without a Cause 
perchance?). He probably had his shirt collar turned up too.

June