Reading J.K. Rowling’s story about Ilvermorny, the thing that really excited me was that the school’s colors were blue and cranberry, so – as a practice costume design project – I decided to draw up what I think Ilvermorny students might wear.
So, let’s start with the “traditional” robe look. It’s my idea that the Ilvermorny dress code got majorly revised in the 1990s. As part of that, robes were redesigned to be shorter, more lightweight, and to lie flat without ruffles or pleats. They have wide sleeves, and a boat neckline. Of course, they are clasped with the Ilvermorny pin that students must wear at all times. The robes are reversible, with cranberry on one side and blue on the other. They have a temperature control spell on them, which makes them warmer or cooler depending on the temperature outside. Because of this they are most often worn in the summer and winter. All students are required to have at least one robe, as they are worn for school-wide formal events, but they are not very popular among students on a daily basis unless they are being used as a coat. Any uniform clothes can be worn underneath the robe but pictured here blue pants and a white button-up shirt, the basic Ilvermorny uniform.
Next, we have the “formal” uniform pieces, or what students might wear when they feel like dressing up. The Ilvermorny dresses we have today were first designed in the early 20th century. They were going to be eliminated when the dress code was revised in the 90s, but after a year without them, due to overwhelming student opinion, the dresses were brought back. These loose-fitting, belted dresses are widely considered to be one of the most comfortable pieces of clothing in the Ilvermorny student’s wardrobe, and students are more likely to wear them for their comfort than to dress up. Dresses come in solid cranberry or blue, and may be worn with blue or cranberry tights or socks. Although they are pictured with matching tights, students sometimes wear the opposite color. Blazers or sweaters can be worn over dresses, as well, the sleeves may just get a bit bunchy.
Ilvermorny blazers come in blue or cranberry with a trim in the opposite color, and have gold buttons. Ilvermorny pants are always blue, but skirts come in blue and cranberry. Any color blazer can be worn with any color pants or skirt.
Now, we have the “casual” uniform outfits. First, there’s just a white, long sleeved, button-up shirt with uniform pants or skirts. The skirts (and the pants) are not pleated. However, the skirts have the wide, wavy bottom of a circle skirt. The sweaters are long sleeved with a v-neckline. They come in blue and cranberry, with a trim of the opposite color. They are known to be very cozy, and are popular from fall to early spring.
A note on accessories: belts should be black, socks may be white, blue, or cranberry. Any black shoes are acceptable, and while traditional dress/uniform shoes are the most common, many students have started wearing black tennis shoes or other black shoes. There is no rule in the dress code that shoes must be closed toed, but there is a rule that socks must be worn at all times, so anyone who wants to wear sandals must deal with the consequences of wearing socks with sandals as well as the pain that may come from accidentally dropping something on their foot.
In America, the main sport is Quodpot, a variation on Quidditch where the Quod ball must be put in a “pot” of potion before it explodes. Here is my design for a uniform. I figured that houses don’t seem so important at Ilvermorny, except for sports competitions, so everyone would wear the same school uniforms, but for quodpot, this could be too confusing. Since we don’t know house colors or anything like that, here are two variations with Ilvermorny’s colors (“home” and “visitor” uniforms for competitions with other schools? Because there are most likely other big schools on the entire continent of North America.) The uniform consists of a top that zips up the front, and knee length pants made to reduce wind resistance. The traditional quidditch robe made it over to quodpot, but is shortened and a cape instead of robe. The lining and the outside of the cape are the opposite colors, so what you see in the drawing is the lining and inside of the hood, but the back is the other color. Players wear leather elbow and knee pads, shin guards, and fingerless gloves (I really wanted to make these black for the uniform, but they’re brown here, to show detail). Recently, there have been several changes to the Quodpot uniform, in order to better protect players. Under the uniform, players wear a full body heat-proof, fire-proof, explosion-proof suit, which is black in this uniform. After hearing loss was found to be a problem for Quodpot players due to the loud explosions they’re exposed to, helmets were altered to better protect the ears. Visor goggles are attached to the helmet.
I also thought it would be fun if Quodpot players in 2016 had a bit more modern looking broomsticks.
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