Depending on the type of robes, they seemed to be worn like cloaks for travel (the kids, the Weasleys), or full on outfits like Snape and Dumbledore.
To be clear, my issue isn't that wizards wore muggle clothing; it's that they wore them
instead of robes. I'm all for mixing and matching, but not abandoning one style of dress in favor of another.
Funny enough, the baddies outside of the Ministry seems to wear them all the time.
Sometimes. Bellatrix, Narcissa, and Lucius dressed like muggles all the time. Voldemort never did.
Did they? I honestly don't remember Harry or the other kids wearing robes outside of the uniform, dress robes or Quidditch in the books.
Sure, but robes were still 1) a huge part of their culture and 2) worn in situation where running, jumping, and fighting were necessary, regardless of
why they were wearing them at the time.
For the adults maybe, but not the kids.
I was talking about the books, not the films. The films did things differently, and that's why we're having this conversation.
One thing I have noticed with the new illustrated version of the first book is that the only robes the kids seem to wear is for class.
Well...yeah. That's because, most of the time, they were in school, and robes were a part of the uniform.
Again, I don't have an issue with wizards wearing muggle clothing. What I didn't like is that wearing robes - for witches and wizards of
any age - became increasingly rare as the films went on.
And remember, Wizards and Witches own coats, sweaters, etc. Are those really things you wear over robes?
Why couldn't they be worn underneath?
Can't say I'm a fan of that. Muggle has become so iconic.
I don't think Americans needed another word for "non-magic folk," but it makes sense that they'd have one. I don't mind it. It has a nice ring to it.
