Dudley Wearing Leather?

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 80632

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
<june.diamanti at b...> wrote:
> 
> 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

D says -

Maybe I'm just nit picking, but in the US, even in the northeast, the 
month of August is just plain swealtering.  Yet in the Potterverse, 
there are a few instances of the characters putting on coats.  Even 
August nights can be swealteringly hot.  Didn't Harry and his friends 
put their coats on when they were running from the DE's in GoF?

And, yeah, I know I'm skirting off topic, but even in the movies, you 
see all those people bundled up before September 1.  

I think I need an opinion of one of our Brittish friends to explain 
that to me.  Any takers?

D