Minerva McGonagall's dress robes

Minerva McGonagall's dress robes
Object information
Made	Before 25 December, 1994
Usage	Dress robes for formal occasions
Owners	Minerva McGonagall

"Professor McGonagall, who was wearing dress robes of red tartan and had arranged a rather ugly wreath of thistles around the brim of her hat..."

— Description

Professor 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.

Her dress robes reflected 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 picture shows Minerva McGonagall's robes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, showing great similarity to the dress robes, except for the colour

• This robes are very similar to the robes she used in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 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