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Ron was grumbling all through breakfast. Harry had asked that his first year class all wear their normal clothes for his double period with them today and that was what they were doing. Dumbledore knew about it and was fine with it besides which Merlin "convinced" him to be fine with everything that they did in that class so essentially he had no choice to put up and shut up as it were. They arrived at his classroom to see what appeared to be a walkway in the middle of it which had various spotlights on it and were shocked when they could hear Harry's voice but not see him as of yet. "Come in and sit at your desks. I will be with you shortly and I do warn you I look very different indeed!" he said as they did as he asked. They were shocked as the classroom lights went off and the room was shrouded in darkness before some spot lights came on.
They jumped as Pour some sugar on me by Def leopard from 1987came on. He emerged wearing sunglasses, a mullet hair style, skin tight neon coloured pants with a shirt over it and a leather jacket over it. He came out making them all laugh. "This is what the muggles called fashionable during the time period from 1980 – 1989. What I am doing now with the music and lights is called a fashion show and in a moment I will teach you all a charm which can make you look like you come from any era. We will be focusing on the nineteen eighties today and so you will spend the entire day until after dinner looking as the spell decides you should. After this I will change you back. Now as you can see the platform here which I'm on and we call this a modeling platform. What you'll be expected to do once your clothes have changed is select a random number from this hat here. Once you have a number a random song will play and you are to walk or dance down the runway here and show off your new style to everyone in the class. Now please note that everyone will have a turn. The song on behind me is an eighties tune called Pour some sugar on me and the band who plays it is called Def Leopard" here he paused to let them her the song for a moment as he demonstrated what he wanted them to do strutting his stuff up the catwalk.
This lesson was designed to let them break loose and just have fun while also learning about valuable traditions to do with with fashion preferences and styles throughout the years in muggle Britain and the wizarding world alike. "Now the main thing you need to know about this time period is that both men and women wore make up and hair was always crazy like mine is now. In fact Draco the crazier your hair was in those days the more popular you were. So everyone say the spell words which are fashion eighty!" he called out so proud of his own spell he'd created for this lesson a few days ago. Plus the words of it were very funny and literal. He had everyone prepare practicing the spell. Once he was sure everyone was ready he told them all to sat down and had Hermione go first finding this experience he was sharing with his class funny indeed.
Hermione went first to cast the spell of which she thought the words were ridiculous. Her hair became high with pink tips on it and was now in a high ponytail. She was wearing some sunglasses, a t-shirt with a crop top under it and a puffy skirt on underneath that. Under her skirt she had neon blue leggings, pink leg warmers and black and blue converse shoes. On her body she had some multi-coloured bangles and some bold star long earrings in her ears. She looked and felt very fun. She pulled out the number two out of the hat and was shocked as Girls just want to have fun by Cyndi Lauper came on in the background. She climbed the steps to the platform and laughed her head off walking up the platform and dancing and twirling at various points along with the music. Some glitter confetti fell from the ceiling as she moved about. Harry had produced a muggle camera and was taking various shots of the whole thing. Hermione had never had so much fun in a lesson and felt all her stresses melt away as for once she was allowed to just be a child again no periods or anything like that and it was wonderful.
Draco was called to go next in what he for the moment called a ridiculous class. He said the spell his hair becoming full, curly and very long indeed. It was now resembling that of the style Bon Jovi would have had in his hair at this time. He was wearing brown boots with skin tight jeans with a white t-shirt on over it and a leather jacket scarf combo on over that. He had a long earring magically attached to one of his ears. He laughed his head off when he saw himself as he thought of how much his father would detest it and it somehow made him feel better about himself. He wouldn't be admitting it to anyone else yet as he didn't have to. He selected the number twenty two from the hat and waited for his music to come on which it did. The song was Thriller by Michael Jackson. He stepped up to the platform not realising how delighted he'd feel to be on display for everyone like that. He strutted down the catwalk loving it as the music spurred him on and the camera took his photo. Harry actually noticed much to his own shock that Draco was a natural model. He'd perhaps suggest to Draco he should consider this a career.
Blaise went next. His hair became a mullet like Harry's and he had on baggy jeans with a t shirt and Letterman sweater on top. He had a headband around his head, big trainers on his feet and a boombox in his hands. "Sir what is this and what does it do?" he asked Harry feeling wonderful.
"Well Blaise back in nineteen eighty cool boys would carry that around with them all the time while it played music. You need only press the play button and off you go. Enjoy it Blaise!" he said as Blaise pressed play while Rob Base, DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two played from it. Blaise began dancing to the music feeling amazing as he made his way down the catwalk. He had taken a number but this had been his song as he already had it on him. All of a sudden he started to break dance shocking everyone present who clapped at his skill. The lights changed colours in a disco style and Blaise looked around shock. He'd had a bought of accidental magic and produced the lights for himself. "It's alright Blaise I am happy for you and these happen. Let's add more excitement!" he said waving his wand as a fog machine produced fog which combined with the lights made Blaise look like he was staring in a music video from that era.
Harry was most intrigued as he selected Hannah to go next and he wondered what Neville would think of her now. Hannah's hair became permed with bits of it spiked. She was in a black jumpsuit and red heels with a red jacket over it and red belt around the middle. She was also wearing red leg warmers and Ray Bans and felt very cool indeed. She had very colourful bangles and dangling earrings in. She selected number one which turned out to be push it by salt N Pepa. She smiled her head off as she twirled down the isle feeling so important as all of her classmates watched her and clapped.
As the class moved on more and more people tried different outfits and songs. Next to go was Ron Weasley. He cast the spell changing so his hair was now a flat top. He was wearing jeans, trainers, a t-shirt with a leather jacket over it and a string around his neck which had sunglasses on it. Strapped to his waist and hanging from one of his jean hooks was a walkman with headphones. "Sir what is this?" he asked Harry. "Good question Ron. In the eighties if someone wanted to listen to music but not to be loud and intrusive as Blaise and only wanted to hear the song on their own they would put a tape which is this item here into their walkman which is the device you have on your waist. Once inside you would put the headphones into your ears and press play only hearing the song yourself. Give it a go!" he said as Ron complied. Ron was amazed as the song came on making him feel amazing as he knew no one else could hear it but him. Harry still didn't fully trust Ron but there was no way he'd be excluding him from his lessons. He placed his hand into the hat selected number four.
His song was System Addict by Five star. He felt very different but loved it. This was something he could wear at home which he didn't feel his parents would mind. Himself and Ginerva had not been told of their parents fates as it was deemed to be an inappropriate time to tell them this. For now he would be told they had gone on a holiday and would be back at a later time. He danced his way down the runway laughing as although everyone laughed at him he didn't even care anymore. Next Harry Selected Seamus Finnegan to take his turn. Seamus confidently cast the spell changing drastically. Seamus had bug curly hair and was wearing a neon multi-coloured puffy tracksuit. On his head he had on a backwards cap and a gold S around his neck. He looked so different but he loved it. It was something that he'd never have chosen. He picked out number eight which was the song Walk like an Egyptian by The Bangles. He was loving people's reactions to him as he was received well by all. He got to the top of the runway doing some Irish dancing and making everyone gasp before clapping loudly.
Next to take his turn was Dean Thomas. After he cast the spell his hair became cornrows and he was wearing another puffy tracksuit however much like the hip hop duo Kriss Kross of the time it was on backwards. He had another bomb box like Blaise and he chose the number seven. This song was Never gonna give you up by Rick Astley. He loved the song and danced while walking up the runway. He did a lot of dramatic turns and so on and he he looked like he was having a blast.
One of the last students to go was Susan whom Harry looked very much to seeing. Her hair was held up high in a scrunchie and she was wearing a multi-coloured tracksuit with runners. She had a headband on her head as well as leg warmers on her legs. She looked very cute indeed. She chose number twelve and the song was MC Miker G & DJ Sven Holiday Rap. She loved the song as she really felt she could dance her head off. Harry couldn't help but salivate as she wound her hips to the music. What with being emancipated herself and Hannah also had the minds of twenty one year old's and so she understood his feeling. After she was done as a treat Harry played all of their songs one after the other in a random way but this time playing the full song instead of only some of it as he had done with each person. He was considering it a disco and even had some muggle lemonade for everyone which was a huge hit. Essentially his class was like a party but they all learned loads from it as well.
Once the disco was over he made everyone sit down again. "For your homework you are to write an essay two pages long on how differently you are treated because of how you are dressed. Also you must discuss how it affects you in your other classes if it does and how you feel it could be better designed to help you in these classes if needed. Class dismissed and have that essay for me on Thursday" he said as everyone left to enjoy the rest of their classes feeling highly empowered by all the new and unusual clothing they had on.
