Harry Potter Tour Pt 1 - Costumes

I recently took a short trip to England, and while I was there, I took the recommendation of a friend (thanks, Mike P) and toured The Making of Harry Potter at the Warner Brothers Studio in London.  The tour is a must-see for any Harry Potter fan.  You will see many of the actual sets, costumes, props and animatronics used in the films.  You also get to view models and concept drawings, as well as videos with commentary from cast & crew.

So, of course, I took photos.

I'm going to be posting some of those photos over a series of blog posts.  I've decided to collect them in groups.  Today in honor of my apparel designer wife: costumes.

Harry Potter - Year 1:  The first room on the tour is the Great Hall of Hogwarts, and it contains some of the most iconic costumes.  Here is the set of robes and hat worn by Harry in his first year at Hogwarts.



Hufflepuff, including Cedric Diggory: Each of the Houses has a set of costumes on display.  Here are some of the Hufflepuff costumes, including the one worn by Cedric at the end of Goblet of Fire.



The Teachers: Before we leave the Great Hall, let's take a quick look at the costumes from the teachers at the front.



Yule Ball: Harry began to look like a young man, and Hermione like a beautiful young woman, at the Yule Ball in the fourth film.



Fleur Delacour: the costuming in Goblet of Fire was amazing.  Fleur and her classmates looked like fairy princesses.



The Order of the Phoenix: Harry ends up meeting some excellent adults who have the same goal as he has - the defeat of Voldemort. These costumes are meant for action, but not in a comic book sense.


Horace Slughorn:  In one of the sets, the Potions Classroom, Professor Slughorn's costume is right at home.



Umbridge and Pink: One of the coolest parts of seeing the costumes was seeing how instrumental the costumes were in developing and supporting the character of Delores Umbridge. See the costumes, then see the note.


... and the description ...



The Three Heroes: I'll wrap it up with these: from the last two films, Harry, Ron and Hermione were on the run.


There are more, of course, but I've selected most of the best.  Seeing these up close was one of many highlights of the tour.