In GOF, Ron gets second hand dress robes...but ginny got???

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 135235

Samantha <samwisep at y...> wrote:
> Hi Potterphiles!
>  In GOF, we learn poor Ron has to have tatty second hand dress robes, 
> which of course he is mortified to wear. BUT when Ginny goes to the 
> Yule Ball with Neville, what is she wearing?

Amontillada (Sherry #2):

As other members responding have already said, I think she'd borrowed
dress robes from someone else who wasn't going to the ball, or maybe
an older set of robes from someone who'd gotten new ones, such as
Hermione. 

Samantha:
> Is this a case of the only girl getting 
> pampered and her poor brother getting the shaft?
> 


It's important that she IS the only girl in the family. In OoP, Mme.
Malkin is so shaken from her run-in with Draco and Narcissa Malfoy
that "tried to sell Hermione wizard's dress robes instead of witch's"
(p. 115 US edition).  

This indicates that there are differences between masculine and
feminine dress robes. As the first girl in the family for several
generations, Ginny can't wear hand-me-downs as Ron does.

Amontillada