I do not own Harry Potter and this is just my spin in this wonderful playbox. And to all the fans of my stories thank ou for all the reviews and follows and without a further a due the next part in the Essay Series.
Hermione J. Granger
Gryffindor House
Theory of Magic
20th September 1993
The Clothing of the Wizarding World
Wizarding Britain has a varying styles of dress and fashion compared to Muggle Britain and the other countries in Europe atleast. And clothing is determined by class in the Wizarding World and the structure and focus of the event that it worn at.
School Robes
The School Robes vary between the schools and since we are British we will focus on the British Schools, which are Hogwarts, Ambrosius,The Wizarding Academy,Ravenwood and the average schools of the villages.
The Hogwarts Uniform
Is now just a plain black work robe and a plain black wizarding hat. The underneath varies from muggle clothes to clothing spefically for Hogwarts life. Such as Slytherins are known for wearing white buttoned up shirts, green ties with small silver stripes, black trousers or breeches for the males and a plain black pencil skirt and stockings for the ladies and black shoes as well as a black blaiser. Ravenclaws wear the same shirt and bottoms as the Slytherins and the tie is blue with two stripes of bronze and wear a grey sweater vest and their robes are more of an open style and wear black shoes. Hufflepuff wear the shirt and trousers or skirts that Slytherin and Ravenclaw do but they all wear the sweater vest and either a yellow or black tie and their robes are open and with black shoes. Gryffindor is the only House that do not have a set dress pattern lke the other houses. And all upper years have a hood on their robes in their House colors and this is mostly fifth years and up.
Ambrosius Academy of Gentlemen
The Ambrosius uniform consist of a white chiton worn to the knees with a small royal blue belt and pins with the school crest at the shoulders with plain sandals and a himation in gold, orange, emerald green, royal blue and yellow depending on the year of the student.
Ravenwood School
The uniform for Ravenwood is the simplest in Wizarding Britain consist of black trousers or skirt, white polo and a black blaizer and outer wear is optional.
The Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts
The uniform conisist of a plain black shirt, black trousers, black shoes, and a dark purple robe to wear for classes, as well a face mask that covers the eyes decorated to represent their inner animal.
Everyday Robes by Class
Muggleborn or Raised
They wear what is common in the Muggle World and just add a simple one color open robe over it and with few accessories And this makes them stand out the most in soceity.
Magic Raised Half/FullBloods
They wear Muggle clothes but under closed robes in simple elegant styles that show they apart of the Wizardng World and have the crest of their Patron Houses on their chest for men and on a collar around the neck for women. And children are allowed to have open robes but they will be styled differently.
Purebloods of Lower Class
Women wore plain tunics and over that they wear a stola in their House colors and over the stola depending on the weather they will wear a palla in their Patron Diety's colors. Men wore togas of their house colors over tunics, and white togas for important events like marriages and public held events.
Purebloods of Middle Class
They wore a chiton in plain neutral colors,Men wore a belt and a chlamys in their House colors. Women on the other hand wear a pelops in their House colors. Both wore a himation in their Patron Diety's colors.
Purebloods of Upper Class
They wore tunics in their House colors, covered by a stola or toga in their Patron Diety's colors and are heavily embroidered and decorative. Men wear their House crest on the right side of their chest and they are embroidered with a trim in three colors, bronze, silver and just for a normal male House member, Silver for Heir of the House who has claim on Headship, and Gold for the Head of House. Women wear a choker with their House crest on four ribbons and three stones surrounding the crest. Pink Ribbon and Morganite for daughters born of the House. White Ribbon and varying gemstone for a married women of the House. Black Ribbon and Onyx gemstone for a widow of the House who has born children. And a gold ribbon with a gemstone incrusted crest is for the wife of the Head of House.
Teacher and Healer Robes
Teachers wear an academic robe over whatever they would wear normally, teacher robes are thick, heavy,charmed robes in black with bands in colors representing their field of study and teaching. One band representing a Junior Professor, two bands a Professor with a Masters Degree, and three representing a Tenured Professor who has a Doctorate in the field and mastes of their craft and two others. Head of Dorms wear the shield of the House on the left side of their chest. And all Professors wear the school creat on the right.
Nurse wear a white chiton with a red hem and a small white hat. MediWizards wear dark blue trousers, white shirt, and a navy blue open robe. Midwives wear white chitons with gold or silver hems denoating their years of expierence in midwifery. Healers wear white chitons or white trouser and shirts with a white robe with the cuff of their sleeves and hem of the robes in green trimmed with gold and the crest of their field of study on their chest on the rightside. Matrons wear a red or red violet dre with a white robe trimmed with three small red lines and a small white hat.