Muggle clothes and dungeon dormitiories (Was: Where do teachers live?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 97692

i (Carol) wrote:
I also don't think that the robes are open at the front as they're
depicted in the American editions. I think they're more like a
graduation gown that you pull over your head, which explains how 
Mr. Weasley could put his on back-to-front and need help getting it on
right.  
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No school uniforms, either; just plain black robes for everyday wear.

> Potioncat: 
> I'm not a visual reader, that is I can't really "picture" things in 
> my head, (I have a little voice, like Harry) so I just can't get all 
> these robes, or how Snape's would billow.  But I think you're right 
> about them being the pull over type. And that what they are worn 
> with may vary with the person.  Although it does sort of sound as if 
> the adults have a wider range of robe styles.  I seem to recall 
> someone wearing a suit in a non-muggle situation.
<snip>
> 
> BTW, the US edition of SS I have does not have pictures in it.  By 
> any chance did the open robes in the books appear before or after 
> the movies? <snip>

Carol again:
My Scholastic edition of SS/PS, which has the drawings, is dated
October 1998--long before the movies. The wizard who wears the suit
(not counting Barty Sr. at the QWC, where he's passing as a Muggle) is
probably Fudge, who wears a suit (along with a green bowler), probably
because of his contacts with the British PM.

And it isn't Snape's robe that billows--that would be a bit awkward, I
think. It's his cloak floating out behind him that creates the
impression (at least by torchlight) of a giant bat. Possibly he only
wears it when the weather's cold, or to keep warm in the Potions dungeon.

BTW, the dungeon is an odd place for a classroom (and office?) and an
odder place for the Slytherin dormitories. Wouldn't you think that,
with four towers in the castle, all the dorms would be in the towers?
But it's only Gryffindor and (I think) Ravenclaw that do--Slytherin
has its quarters in the dungeon and Hufflepuff is somewhere near the
passage that leads to the kitchen. (Oh, those hungry Hufflepuffs!)

Carol