clothing in the Potterverse

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 90068

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zesca" <nansense at c...> wrote:
> I've always wondered how Harry acquired his muggle clothes. 
> 
> When living with the Dursley's his wardrobe choices were confined 
to 
> Dudley's cast-offs.
> In Diagon Alley he is fitted for robes at Mme Malkin's (no mention 
of casual 
> wear). 

Impossible to explain, really. Watch out for the movie 
contamination!  Just remember that the books aren't a windo into 
Harry's world, they're a tiny peephole, and we see only a msll 
portion of Harry's life. IOW, there's plenty of off-page time for him 
to buy clothes, if he did.

When watching 
> H fight Quirrelmort I remember thinking: no, not the red 
cableknit...where did 
> he get that anyway? Then I began pondering the significance of the 
color red 
> in the alchemical healing process...rubeus potter, etc, etc.

Speaking of movie contamination, did you see _The Sixth Sense?_  Just 
curious.

> Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult for adult wizards to 
understand 
> muggle fashion? it seems like their kids seem relatively down with 
the 
> lifestyle.

I guess that's just a bit of business on JKR's part, a little 
contrived.  The Muggle world has to influence the wizard one in many 
ways.  Harry or Dean or Hermione or whoever with a foot in the Muggle 
world shows up in their jeans and Muggle fashions and the pureblood 
kids take a liking to them.  Dean brings his football (soccer ball) 
to school, one of his classmates gets curious, and next thing you 
know there's a game on the lawn. And so on. A lot of the feeling 
against the Muggle-born comes from that, I'll bet. Fudge doesn't like 
to see wizard kids in jeans and tank tops, or listening to U2 on the 
Walkmen their Muggle-born friends gave them for Christmas. It's a 
CULTURE WAR!