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- "245 years dressing the Elegant Wizard"
- —Coupon for Gladrags Wizardwear on the Daily Prophet.[src]
Gladrags Wizardwear is a clothing store that was founded in 1750[1] and run by Gladrags Wizardwear Group Ltd., with branches in London, Paris and Hogsmeade.[2] It is full of quirky merchandise and appears to specialise in strange and unusual socks.[3]
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History
- " [Harry, Ron and Hermione] went into Gladrags Wizardwear to buy a present for Dobby, where they had fun selecting the most lurid socks they could find, including a pair patterned with flashing gold and silver stars, and another that screamed loudly when they became too smelly."
- —Description.[src]
Gladrags took out a large billboard-size advertisement at the final of the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, on 15 August.[2]
Added by Seth CooperOn 6 March, 1995, Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger visited the Hogsmeade branch of Gladrags to buy a pair of novelty socks for Dobby's birthday present.[3]
On 14 January, 1996, there was a 75% off coupon for Gladrags in the Daily Prophet.[1]
Behind the scenes
- Gladrags is a slang term for clothing purchased vintage or from a consignment shop.
- Handbags and Gladrags was the name of a 1967 song written by Mike d'Abo, who was at the time the lead singer for Manfred Mann.
- There is a magazine based out of India called Gladrags, which focuses on the modelling industry and the Ms. India contest.
- Gladrags is also the name of a company that specialises in organic cloth feminine products.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned on the Daily Prophet)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 8 (The Quidditch World Cup)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 27 (Padfoot Returns)
