{"id":1651,"date":"2007-06-24T00:33:29","date_gmt":"2007-06-24T00:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trystancraft.com\/costume\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2023-09-25T17:10:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:10:35","slug":"hogwarts-robes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/2007\/06\/24\/hogwarts-robes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogwarts robes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HogwartsThis is my best example of thrift-store, no-sew costuming as well as costuming on a budget! It’s also a fun, comfortable outfit to wear, and something that would make an ideal costume for anyone obsessed with Harry Potter.<\/p>\n

The elements: white button-down shirt, black knee-length pleated skirt, black tie with tiny crests embroidered on it, black tights, black mary-jane shoes, black graduation robe (Master’s level, although any grad robe would do), a Hogwarts crest patch, and a wand made from a length of dowel (not pictured). I bought the shirt, tie, and grad robe at a local thrift store for $15. I already had the skirt, tights, and shoes in my closet. The dowel came from Orchard Supply Hardware for about 60 cents. And the big splurge was the Hogwarts patch off eBay for $15, including shipping.<\/p>\n

For $30 and some change, this would make an awesome Halloween kid costume!<\/p>\n

For me, I have to try and pass as an 18 year old, which I’ve had middling success at. None-the-less, I really enjoy this outfit. And, let’s be honest, it’s as close as I’m going to get to a Hogwarts scholarship in this lifetime.<\/p>\n

For a Hogwarts Halloween party, this costume got revamped. I became Dorothea Chichester, a Hogwarts dropout from Ravenclaw. She was expelled halfway thru her sixth year for a multitude of offenses during her education including:<\/p>\n