> What I'd lie to know is why they continue to wear robes And pointy hats?  I understand about magic interfering with electricity and why fly ona a place when you can really fly, etc., but why not make things easier and wear  "modern clothes"?  Ok, so it's a culture thing, but I bet as they get more muggle borns in, there may be more movement toward muggle clothes.  Maybe it helps them to recognize each other readily and identify muggles quickly?  I suppose that is the most practical and likely reason.  As I get ready to make Halloween costumes for me and my little girls ( we are going to be witches from Harry's world), I'm not real sure how to proceed?!!  SHOULD I dust off my college graduation robe?  My 6 y/o wants a purple robe with gold stars and a pink scarf tied around her pointy hat-Did I mention that she's 6?  She says she's Hermione, I'm McGonogal (I've read all the books twice and i can't remember how to spell Minerva's last name!), and her 2 year old sister should be Crookshanks!
Has it been discussed on this site that Crookshanks is probably at least part Kneazle-creature listed in Fantastic Beasts...Read that description.  Very interesting and could explain alot about Crookshanks.  I think Hermione recognized him for what he is and had to have him!  But did she have to get a license???
Ok, done rambling...
> Stephanie Roark Keener wrote:
> > 
> >  "Now are these the kind of robes wizards wear?"  Are they long and full to
> > the ground?  Do they wear other clothes under them?  Are they open or
> > closed in the front?  I remember someone at the Quiddich WC wearing a
> > nightgown b/c he likes to be, er, "free" -- but I also remember Lupin
> > sticking his wand in his belt (NO JOKES about my remembering anything
> > having to do with Lupin's belt area), which suggests pants. What do
> > they look like in the movie -- I just haven't checked.
> > Stephanie
> 
> My vision of the belted robe is something akin to a monk's robe -- not
> necessarily the same, but with a belt more like a rope/cord than the
> flat buckle thingies we have now.  A baggy monk robe is about what I
> pictured when reading these books for everyone else, now that I think
> about it.  Or maybe something like the witches robes in Halloween
> costume guides (not Elvira-like ones...the standard no-skin-showing
> ones).
> 
> As for clothing underneath, I would imagine that it's a personal
> preference.  Much like most men won't wear kilts, perhaps most modern
> wizards prefer at least some shorts or pants (or at least some
> underwear).  Tshirts may or may not be worn, depending on the cut of the
> robe I suppose.  And the scratchiness of the fabric...do they ever say
> what the texture of them are (I, for one, would wear an undergarment of
> some sort if the robes were scratchy wool, for example)?
> 
> Of course, another idea is that they're more like old-school long
> tunics, the ones that leggings were often worn with.  This just doesn't
> seem right though, since purchasing matching leggings was never
> mentioned.
> -- 
> Jenny
> 
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> "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
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