A uniform, worn correctly
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A grey pleated skirt, a house tie, a knitted V-neck, a black robe — and, for one night, a pink gown.
Three designers covered the series: Judianna Makovsky on the first film, Lindy Hemming on the second, and Jany Temime on the final six. Temime's remit from Prisoner of Azkaban was a deliberate loosening — "We wanted to make it cooler. We needed to make the kids look like real 'next-door' kids." On the Yule Ball gown: "I dressed up Hermione in pink because that is a sweet sixteen colour, and I wanted that dress to look like a girl's dream."
Above or at the knee. Grey, not black — that's the distinction people miss.
★ 2.3 · 5 reviews
★ 3.9 · 148 reviews
Point collar, worn slightly untucked. Temime's loosening is the good version.
★ 4.4 · 2,649 reviews
Striped, loosened at the knot.
★ 4.6 · 1,068 reviews
Slightly too big, worn over the shirt.
★ 3.7 · 12 reviews
★ 4.3 · 638 reviews
Flat, plain, with a real sole.
★ 4.3 · 84,948 reviews
Floaty, ruffled neckline, floor length. Temime's "girl's dream."
★ 4.5 · 2,367 reviews
★ 3.5 · 5 reviews
Long, open, for the rest of the year. Makes the uniform unmistakable.
★ 4 · 26 reviews
Small, silver, barely there.
★ 4.5 · 32 reviews
★ 4.5 · 680 reviews
Small, pale, held in one hand.
★ 4.3 · 111 reviews
The uniform underneath is real clothing — grey pleated skirt, white shirt, striped tie — and it stays in the wardrobe. The robe never will be, so buy it as what it is.
★ 4.3 · 5,932 reviews
Plain, untrimmed and full length — the sorcerer robes with silver panels are the wrong garment. Black is the default; the listing also ships brown, red and blue.
The uniform is four pieces: a grey pleated skirt, a white shirt, a house-striped tie and a V-neck jumper. Add the robe if you want it to be unmistakable; skip it and it's just very good school dressing. Grey, not black. The skirt and jumper are grey — black reads as a generic school costume rather than as this one. Temime's loosening is worth copying: untuck the shirt, loosen the tie, let the jumper be slightly too big. The later films look better than the early ones for exactly this reason. And for the Yule Ball version, it's a soft pink floaty gown with a ruffled neckline and hair up. That's the whole thing.
The uniform done properly: grey pleated skirt, white shirt, house-stripe tie and V-neck jumper — plus the pink Yule Ball gown when it matters.
Grey skirt, white shirt, striped tie, jumper. It reads instantly, and unlike the robe it survives a crowded party.
Sloppiness. Hermione's tie is done up and her shirt is tucked — it's levi-OH-sa, and it's ironed.