As Draco left the kind woman from earlier bustled forwards a selection of sample fabrics and different robe cuts floating behind her. Smiling the woman began reading through his measurements. Tutting quietly she looks up and says, "Well young sir you are rather shorter than our average first year by quite a bit so I am afraid that you are too small for any of our off the rack robes and I checked the second hand robes but unfortunately their all too big as well that leaves our tailored robes which are 2-4 galleons each depending on the cut."
Trying not to bristle at the fact that the lady had obviously assumed that he was poor. Not feeling entirely sure about what he was supposed to say as he had only ever received his cousins cast offs Harry smiled politely and replied, "Okay." Nodding absently the she handed Harry the quill and parchment that had been recording his measurements with the instructions to fill out the rest then rushed over to another area of the shop. Looking down at the form Harry quickly began filling it out what he understood.
Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions
Name: Harry James Potter
Age: 11 years old
Gender: male
Size: age 7-8
Height – 3ft 11inch/120cm
Chest – 63cm
Waist – 55cm
Hips – 67cm
Inner leg length – 59cm
Outer leg length – 79cm
House:
Ranking in House (circle selected): Lord/Lady, Head of house, Heir, second heir, member of house
Hogwarts House (if applicable):
Types of robes (circle selected robes): Wizengamot robes / Formal Hogwarts robes / Informal Hogwarts robes / Closed traditional British style robes/ open traditional style British robes / non-traditional closed wizarding robes / non-traditional open wizarding robes/ muggle inspired closed robes/ muggle inspired open robes / casual wizarding robes / potion making robes / duelling robes / animal care robes / other please specify:_
Number of each robe:
Protective spells/potions/runes required:
Signature:
Looking up from the form Harry spotted the lady coming back the robes and fabric still trailing behind her. Smiling at him the lady asked Harry if he was done. Ducking his head harry replied, "I wasent sure what to fill out for some of the questions." Smiling kindly the lady replied, "well why don't we go into the back room and I will help you fill out the rest."
Leading Harry into a cosy room with a small round table and two comfortable blue armchairs. Guiding Harry into one of the chairs. Sliding into the other one the lady began reading through what he had filled in only to choke almost immediately then stair quickly at his scar.
Blushing lightly the lady apologised, "sorry Heir Potter but I didn't realise who you were." Before harry could reassure her the lady whipped her wand out from her sleeve and said, "I Madam Dorothy Malkin swear on my magic to keep the details of Harry James Potters purchases and size private."
Smiling softly at Harry Madam Malkin kindly smiled as she said, you should ask every shop keeper to make that vow to ensure that you privacy is respected Mr Potter." Nodding Harry made a mental note to do this as while he didn't like how everyone clamoured all over him in the leaky caldron and treated him like a famous celebrity. Remembering how the celebrities where treated in Aunt Petunias gossip rags Harry shuddered and resolved to ensure that he couldn't be treated like that.
Madam Malkin began scanning through the form noting where Harry hadn't filled anything in, sighing in frustration she muttered what is the light side teaching their children. pointing to the first blank question she said, "Well as you are 11 you won't be taking an inheritance test till next year, but you are the confirmed heir of house potter so it is appropriate for me to stitch your house crest on the right side of your normal robes and directly under the Hogwarts crest for your Hogwarts robes"
Quickly filling out the question before moving onto the second question, "Now you can't be a lord or head of house until you are either emancipated at 15 or turn 17 so as the last Potter you are the heir of house Potter." Quickly circling Heir, she continued to say, "Lords have their crest's in full colour while heirs have them embroidered in silver second heirs in bronze and regular house members in black or white."
Shaking her head Madam Malkin skipped past the next question saying, "Some people like to have a tribute to their house but that dosent apply to you yet. Next is robe types you will be ordering." Waving her wand Madam Malkin organised the collection of robes that where still floating behind her then said, "well you won't need Wizengamot robes, duelling robes, potion robes or animal care robes yet." With a sharp flick of her wand she sent a selection of robes whizzing out of the room.
Turning back to Harry she said, "You will definitely need Hogwarts robes now we have the standard robes that usually are bought off the rack however as we discussed you are too small for of the rack so I would have to tailor make them for you" With a flick of her wand she brought forward three robes the brought the first one closer to Harry.
The first outfit consisted of a pair of straight leg black trousers, a long-sleeved white shirt, a grey tie was tied neatly with 2 shades of grey. Over the top of the shirt and the tie was a grey jumper with a lighter grey strip along the bottom hem and the sleeves hem. Over the top of the jumper was a large flowing robe that seemed characteristic of what Harry had seen the vast majority of wizards wearing. It had wide airy sleeves and buttoned together at the collar bone. Tags hanging on the robes said Male unformal Hogwarts robes.
Next Madam Malkin brought forwards a very similar outfit the obvious differences being a grey pleated skirt that fell to just above knee length, knee-high socks and more fitted sleeves on the robes. The label on this one said Female informal Hogwarts robe. The final robe that Madam malkin brought forward was similar to both with the straight leg trousers and the tighter fitted sleeves. The label said unisex informal Hogwarts robes.
Nodding Harry examined the three robes before turning his full attention to the male robes. Smiling softly Madam Malkin asked, "What do you think dear?" looking up Harry quickly replied, "Why have you shown me the girls robes?" laughing lightly She replied, "it is always best to give the customer as many options as possible to avoid offending anyone or awkward misunderstandings. By your reactions would I be right to assume that you are only intrested in the male robes." Blushing Harry nodded sharply.
Laughing Madam Malkin waved her wand and thinned out the robes floating behind her as the female and unisex robes flew out of the room. Once the robes had left the room Madam Malkin summoned another robe forward saying, "Now normally when creating custom tailored robes, it is for the informal robes but there is the option of these."
Turning to look at the robes Harry was shocked at how much he liked them. The robes had an air of sophistication to them that drew harry in. The robes consisted of a pair of straight leg black trousers with a sharp crease down the leg. A long-sleeved white shirt with intricately embroidered white Hogwarts crest on the points of the collar. The sleeves had grey cufflinks with the Hogwarts crest on them. Over the shirt sat a black fitted waist coat with silver buttons and the Hogwarts crest on the righthand side. Over the top was a black robe that was more fitted at the front with the options to have a chain at the top holding it together or to button it up fully at the back the robes billowed out dramatically with flair.
Smiling Harry said, "I would like these please." Looking surprised Madam Malkin flicked her wand and sent the robes over to a table in the corner of the room. While the other robes darted out the room. Looking up at Harry Madam Malkin said "Okay typically we go for 9 robes one for each school day and three spares just in case. 9 formal robes will come to 20 galleons and 5 sickles before any extras are added."
Nodding in acknowledgment Harry found himself excited to see how he would look wearing them. Clearing her throat Madam Malkin brought Harry's attention back to her and asked, "do you want to go through the other types of robes and see if you need or want them or are you just looking for school robes."
Pleased that he didn't have to bring it up himself he replied, "I am looking to replace my entire wardrobe in preparation for Hogwarts." Nodding Madam Malkin asked, "will that include underwear and socks?" nodding in confirmation Harry replied, "yes and do you know where I could find some shoes?"
Quickly scribbling in the note book Madam Malkin Handed him an address for a cobbler, then turned back to the form and said, "The next set of robes are traditional robes which while not as popular any more are a range of robes that British wizards have worn as far back as the founders they come in two main styles open and closed and from their there is a wide variety of cuts.
As Madam Malkin spoke, she brought forward 4 traditional closed robes and 4 traditional open robes. Gesturing to the robes Madam Malkin continued to say, "these are the four most popular cut of each robe type."
Looking at the closed robes first Harry immediately dismissed the first three as they either had massive draping sleeves that seemed a tad to theatrical or looked like a granny's lacey nightgown.
The fourth robe was a dark green and consisted of a ivory shirt with a grey cravat. The long swishy robes buttoned up from the waist to just below the collar bone. Bellow the buttons the robes split open and flared out at the back displaying grey trousers. Turning to Madam Malkin his green eyes flickering with horror at the lacey robes Harry asked, "could we please get rid of the lacey robes and the huge sleeves."
As soon as the request had left his mouth the robes where flying out the room and some more had come forward to take their place. Examining the four new traditional closed robes Harry found himself unsure of which to pick as he was unsure about what would make the best impression while giving himself a boost in confidence.
Seeing Harry's dilemma Madam Malkin came forwards and said, "if you're not sure about what style of cut you like I cloud select three cuts that I belive would suit you and give you a catalogue so that as you work out what you like you will have a better idea of what you want to order next time." Breathing out a sigh of relief Harry nodded glad that he could figure out what he did and didn't like.
Quickly breezing through the selection of traditional style robes Madam Malkin brought forward three robes. The first robe was similar to the one he had looked at before but with more tailoring so it clung to body rather than just hang of it. The second reminded Harry a little of a Victorian man with its clean edges and the number of buttons running down the cuff of the sleeves to the same buttons running from the cravat to the waist. The third was more dramatic with a slight but practical flare to the sleeves and delicately embroidered phoenix's flying all over the robes.
Barley had Harry wrinkled his nose at the robes had Madam Malkin made a note saying, "not a fan of moving embroydery." And the robes flew away and were replaced with a black robe that unlike the others was buttoned from the collar down to the ground. Pleased Harry turned to Madam Malkin and said, "let's try these ones."
Like the Hogwarts robes they flew over to the table. Next, they moved onto traditional open robes which typically resembles the Hogwarts robes combined with a Victorian suit jacket or waist coat. As Madam Malkin had removed all the robes with moving embroydery, lace and huge sleeves there was no immediate objections to the first three she chose. The first looked like a Victorian suit with its black shirt and the ruffles of the shirt however the billowing out of the robes bellow the waist added something extra to the robes, the second robe was of a more academic vibe with a plain shirt and waistcoat with robes that screamed university graduation.
The last traditional open robe comprised of the standard shirt, tie, waistcoat and trousers and the robe resembled a trench coat and while typically worn open could button up. Madam Malkin also said that this was a good set of robes to wear when in the muggle world as the muggle trench coat was inspired by the wizards before the statue of secrecy came into effect.
Next Madam Malkin brought out the modern open and closed robes Harry quickly dismissed them as they were either a ludicrous colour, ridiculously patterned or just plain weird. Next to be turned down was the muggle inspired robes as Harry felt that they both looked stupid and that a tiger had more similarities to an elephant than those robes had to muggle clothing.
The final robes harry got were three casual robes however harry could already tell that he wasent a huge fan of them but was willing to give them a go as by removing the robe they would blend in with muggle clothing and that ment he could save money and not get any muggle clothing.
Turning to Harry Madam Malkin said, "next we need to discuss protective spells/runes/and potions. As you are the boy who lived I would suggest going for the maximum runic protection as there are a lot of people who could want to harm you and growth charms so that the clothes should last until you are 4th year. Also, I would suggest adding the same protection that is applied to potion robes to one of your Hogwarts robes as an extra safty measure when in potion class"
Agreeing to the suggestion Harry signed the form and payed. Then left Madam Malkin's shop with the instruction to lookout for the owl delivering his robes tommorow.
Glancing at the receipt Harry blushed when he saw that Madam Malkin had included underwear for him.
9 Hogwarts robes 20g 6s
3 traditional closed robes 10g 1s
3 traditional open robes 9g 20s 5kn
3 casual robes 8g 3s 13kn
7 Underwear complimentary (Black)
7 pairs of socks complementary (black)
Next Harry went to the cobblers and bought 1 pair of black knee length boots and a pair of black brogues. As Harry left the cobblers he bumped into a tall version of Draco. The man looked down a Harry in surprise before saying, "apologies young man I didn't see you there." As the man turned to leave without even waiting for Harry to reply he spotted The Hogwarts list clamped in Harry's hand. Sighing, "your better of following the advanced list rather than the basic it will save you money in the long run." As he spoke a small bundle of parchment was duplicated it with a wave of his wand and handed it to Harry before the older Draco lookalike disappearing into the crowd.
Looking over the parchment that the man had given him he noticed that it was a more complete list of what he would need for Hogwarts. Sitting down on a bench harry removed the parchment that the goblins had given him and began to mark out what he already had on the list. Once Harry had completed this he was pleased to note that already had all of the school books and potions equipment required in his trunk. The only things left for him to find where potions ingredients, his wand and a pet or familiar. The list, fortunately, had a map on the last page that indicated the best places to find what he needed.
