Quidditch Robes

Quidditch Robes vary all around the wizarding world and vary mainly between continents. Some are traditional where as others are regularly updated.

Quidditch Robes tend to consist of a long sleeve jumper or t-shirt in the team colours and there logo emblazoned across the front or the players number. The trousers also tie in with the team colours which can contain the team stripe down the side. The robes worn on top can vary although most teams typically have long sleeves although mostly covers at least the elbow with the bottom of the cloak not touching the floor, robes with no sleeves are rare as they can be caught on other players and pull players off their brooms easily or a choked. The outside it in the teams primary colour with the inside as the teams secondary colour. A team's robes may be check with the two main colours of the team although this is rare nowadays. Across the back is the players number and surname, there could also be the teams logo. Some cloaks also contain a hood but this tends to be useless as it would fall down during play. The cloaks tie at the front usually by reinforced string threaded in the middle of the chest. The teams logo may also be displayed on the left side. The inside of robes tend to not contain pockets apart from a built in pocket for wands as by law a witch or wizard may legally carry a wand at all times.

Depending on the position of the player different protective pads may be worn. Typically players wear pads from their knees down and from the elbow down covering the hand. Players commonly wear shoulder pads in professional quidditch and a hekmet can also be worn, typically amongst chasers and keepers. During extreme conditions, such as rain or snow, or players with restricted eyesight, goggles may be worn although not enchantments may be put upon them to highten awareness of location of balls, such as the snitch. A team will also have 'reserve' colours incase the opposing team has a similar strip, these colours are typically the same style robes with their colours reversed. E.g. If the team's colours are primarily blue and white, then the normal robes will be blue with a white inside whereas the reserve robe colours are white with blue inside. With robes that are checked there is less chance of the team coming across another team with the same colours although some team's have entirely different coloured robes, however this is extremely rare. Their reserve robes are typically reduced to a single colour.

Quidditch Robes tend to be made of a light, water and tear resistance material. Depending of the origins of the team depends on the thickness of the cloak a material, such as the national team of Siberia have fur lined cloaks which is not uncommon amongst other northern countries. Other, more southerly countries, use light breathable material. Cyprus' national team only have a unique team colours as their cloaks are so light they appear translucent, although this at first seems a good idea it can complicate things such as confusion in fast quidditch matches or with spotting numbers on the back of robes.

Robes in Europe usually consist of a jumper in the teams colours and then trousers in again the team colours. Pads on arms, shoulders, head, legs and goggles tend to be either black or brown. A robe or cloak is worn on top that tends to cover the elbow and knee. North American Quidditch Robes are similar although a leather vest tends to be worn over the jumper and colours tend to be much brighter. North American robes may also contain adverts for local businesses or corporate companies. However in Canada there robes tend to be thicker and more discrete. As quidditch is unpopular in Asia in Africa there are not many examples of team outfits although the few that there are tend to very light with short or not cloak and a light t-shirt but still maintaining the protective pads. Quidditch in Australia and New Zealand have robes very similar to the Europeans but protective gear is reluctantly worn, however this greatly encouraged as players tend to drunk at the time. In South America robes tend to be similar the North Americans although no advertising tends not to appear that much. Although the Antarctic tends to uninhabited a few dwellings remain although quidditch is rare and the robes are extremely thick with a charm put upon them so they heat up when the player dons the robes, this charm is only permitted when the players play on home ground.