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There are two versions of this costume: a male version (pants) and a female version (skirt). Both versions come with ties striped in the house colors and sweaters with accent stripes around the neck and waist that have the house colors.

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Harry and Draco have on the everyday uniform. They have long black robes differentiated by a house patch on the left breast. Underneath are grey sweaters with stripes in the house colors around the neck and waist and grey pants. Girls wear grey pleated skirts instead. Under the sweater is a white button-down shirt and a tie striped in house colors. Finally, the guys wear black oxfords and the girls wear grey knee socks and mary-jane type shoes.

http://gallery.emma-community.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=2 <<Ron and Hermione without robes. Low quality, but you can see all the underneath pieces.

http://gallery.emma-community.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=45 << Hermione pointing a wand. Doesn't have much front detail but has an excellent view of the shape and fullness of the robe sleeves.

http://gallery.emma-community.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=4 << Hermione 3/4 shot, click on the pic to open a high-res version where you can see the outline of the patch and the shape of the front fastenings.

http://dan-radcliffe.net/gallery/details.php?image_id=1066&sessionid=d9e509601117a6a0e0e4e6f0bb1cb845 <<Harry hanging from the troll. You can see the robe's collar behind his head, note how it's not a hood but a flat piece.

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Wizarding School Robes
Black Cat Robes
Garb the World
The Pitch - check under robes, then houses

http://dan-radcliffe.net/gallery/details.php?image_id=964&sessionid=d9e509601117a6a0e0e4e6f0bb1cb845 <<Harry and Ron in class. Ron's patch is clearly visible on the right side. It is not just the house shield, but the entire crest, including a helmet with a fancy, flowing mantle.

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HP Wizard Store
Canada Patch (ebay)

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http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=249 <<Neville's broken wrist. You can see the grey sweater's V neck and plain cuffs.

http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=293 <<Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle in Charms. You can see the cuffs of the sweater's sleeves are plain, and on Crabbe and Goyle you can see the three colored stripes on the neckline.

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http://gallery.emma-community.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=4 << Hermione 3/4 shot. You can see most of the skirt. Notice how the pleats are sewn down through the hip level and only fall free from her thighs down (where your wrists touch your legs).

http://gallery.emma-community.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=3 << Hermione Full shot. You can see her skirt is straight pleats, not flared, and that it just touches the top of her knee.

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Buckhead School Uniforms - in charcoal grey
Frank Bee - Knife pleated Skirt (style 32)

http://dan-radcliffe.net/gallery/details.php?image_id=1325&sessionid=d9e509601117a6a0e0e4e6f0bb1cb845 <<Trio in the halls. You can see Ron and Harry's shoes are black leather lace-ups. Oxfords or like. Hermione's are less clear, but they are worn with grey socks and have a thick sole, a low heel, and an ankle strap.

http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=23&pos=28 <<Trio. Hermione's shoes are clearer here, you can see they are black Mary Jane -types with no heel.

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http://dan-radcliffe.net/gallery/details.php?image_id=1292&sessionid=d9e509601117a6a0e0e4e6f0bb1cb845 <<Trio in the halls. Ron's tie is hanging from his neck, you can see the thick bars of colors. The colors alternate, house color then house metal.

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Wild Ties

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Be sure and keep your character in mind when you tie your tie. A four-in-hand knot is a very general knot, and it slips for easy on-and-off. Great for the Weasley twins, who are laid back and fun-loving, or Neville, who may not remember how to tie his own tie. All of the movie ties were tied this way, probably because it's quick and slips easily on and off all 100+ extras. It also has that long tail that sticks out the bottom of sweaters, which makes it more adjustable to a larger neck. A Windsor (aka Double Windsor), or half-Windsor, however, is a more complicated knot. When done correctly, though, it gives a very polished, high-brow finish. Justin Finch-Fletchley most definately learned a half-Windsor knot from his father; a left-handed half-Windsor is a very common prep-school knot. Draco and Hermione would probably wear a Windsor or half-Windsor, too; with Draco it increases his status, with Hermione it shows off her more buttoned-up character.

The differences in the knots among the characters is mostly care in making the knot and tightening. A loose four-in-hand knot will look like a triangle, but will be cocked to one side or the other. A tight four-in-hand knot will be centered, but it looks like a rectangle. A half-Windsor is a tight triangle that doesn't cock to one side or the other, and a Windsor has a larger knot than a half-Windsor, even when tightened. There is a fourth knot, a Pratt (aka Shelby) knot, but my resident expert (my boyfriend) says it's difficult to tie and hardly ever worn, so if you want to learn about that one, check out the tutorial at Neckties.com and do some research on your own.

http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=189 << A line of Gryffindors in their pretty hats. They are black, conical, and pointed, like a traditional witch's hat but without a brim.

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http://gallery.emma-community.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=26 << Trio, waist up, shows the basic shape as an armless, collarless cloak fitted along the shoulders and fastening in the front. Like the school robes, the only house identification is a house patch on the left breast. The students wear a scarf with this cloak.

http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=513 << Trio looking at Hagrid. Half-shot. I can't make out any shoulder seams or yokes, so I think this is a basic 1/2 circle cloak from the way it gaps open in the front. You can see a hood on all three students, but I am not sure if this is a hood on the cloak or just the robe's hood that was pulled through the neck opening. You can see on Ron that the cloak clasps at the neck with a single simple clasp.

http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=526 << Hermione full shot. You can see that her cloak is not very full at the bottom, meaning it's a 1/2 circle or 3/4 at most. There are other students in the background, Slytherins or Ravenclaws, wearing the same outfit, so I think this is the standard winter outdoor wear.

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Alley Cat Scratch's Circle Cloak page
Cloak Making Guide
Les Costumes - Les Manteaux Circulaires (In English)
Drafting a Circle Pattern (Math intense)

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http://gallery.emma-community.co.uk/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=26 << Trio, waist up, all three are wearing scarves of alternating bands of their house colors.

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Before the sorting ceremony first years wear a special outfit that shows they are Hogwarts students that don't belong to any house.

http://www.veritaserum.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=176 << Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle making fun of Ron. You can see that the robe has no patch whatsoever, and the tie is plain black with the Hogwarts insignia centered right below the knot. The sweater vee is plain grey with no house colors.

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