Minerva McGonagall's dress robes

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Minerva McGonagall wore a set of dress robes to the Yule Ball, which was held on Christmas Day, 1994, together with a hat on which she arranged a rather ugly wreath of thistles. The robes were made of a red tartan fabric.^[1]

Her dress robes reflect Professor McGonagall's Scottish heritage, hailing from Caithness herself.

Behind the scenes

• In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Professor McGonagall's dress robes are very different from what is described in the novel: they are made of a green, textured fabric, and she wears a black pointed hat with three thin feathers stuck to the brim.
• Costume designer Jany Temime states that she has taken a particular liking to the material used to fashion this costume because it looked nearly snakelike which "made it look really witchy".

• This robes are very similar to the robes she used in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) and in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the colour changed to black (Deathly Hallows) and a grey green (Half-Blood Prince) but the thing that are similar are the two buttons, that little 'horns' in on the arms and the long sleeves.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter: The Character Vault

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