| potterstinks @ 2003-05-18 09:16:00 |
| Current mood: | enraged |
In order to take annoyance to the next level, Millicent has decided to illustrate everything I do. Today I woke up with a drawing of me sleeping on my pillow. Last night, it was me eating dinner. Of course, she could spend her time doing more constructive things, such as explaining why she failed to decide on a Beater at try-outs yesterday, but I suppose that would be too much to ask as Millicent doing something constructive would be antithetical to natural law.
I don't see what the great horror about me oversleeping for try-outs is. I'm a busy man. I have things to do and that's no reason I should miss out on my necessary ten to twelve hours of sleep a night. Of course, I slept terribly last night and now I've been awake since 0400.
I met with My Mother Friday evening at Dogear Wryde. My Mother is a very delicate woman, and unfortunately I now have cosmetic stains on my favourite robes. Since I'd already eaten dinner, I managed to avoid the odd food that Potter cooked. I would, of course, have preferred to meet with My Mother at Malfoy Manor, but as she was staying in the guest house at Dogear Wryde, it was the only acceptable decision to make. Shortly after Mother had gone, I received an owl from Father alerting me of a message from him on here. As it turns out, the computer systems at Dogear Wryde are severely lacking in comparison to my own computer.
Luckily for everyone, this Astronomy project is finished and I won't be going back there.
Finnigan has kindly let me know that puce would simply wash me right out. Thank you, Finnigan, but I could have told you that when I was five. It's entirely obvious that I have a winter complexion. However, likewise I feel I should inform you that gold makes you look entirely sallow. This is a shame, of course, for a Gryffindor, but you will have to somehow go on. I would suggest something that doesn't accent your sallow skin tone. My Mother taught me about this sort of thing long ago.
With exams coming up next month, the Ravenclaws appear to have barricaded themselves into the library. I stopped by last evening and it was locked. I suspect they're going to deny research access to every other House to ensure theirs comes out on top. Fortunately, I've a large pile of overdue books that they won't be able to get to. I've actually had them since the beginning of last term, and some are the only copies of the books in the castle.
I've thought further about looking into career-advancing employment this summer, and I've concluded that I was simply not meant for the work force.
Comments:
| seamus_f @ 2003-05-18 08:03 am UTC |
Why, Malfoy, I had no idea that you read my journal in such detail. That remark was at the end of a rather long post, and I didn't even use your lj-tag to draw attention. Right flattered, I am. Anyway, I wasn't letting you know; you clearly already knew. But if your mother taught you that sort of thing, why was she trying to get you to wear puce in the first place?
As for my colouring, again, thank you so much for your attention, but you'll notice that I always tie my tie and wrap my scarf such that the scarlet is closest to my face, and I make sure that my shirts are the whitest white possible. It is the only thing about which I give the house elves a really hard time; they do try to get away with a bit of yellowness but I won't have it. I had asked Dumbledore last year about the possibility of wearing a French blue dress shirt, but unfortunately he would have none of it. You aren't the only one with a fashionable mother, Malfoy.
If you are as intellectually curious as you claim, you should find the why behind these issues as interesting as I did. I'm sure Dean would be more than happy to give you a primer some time.
| potterstinks @ 2003-05-18 08:28 am UTC |
Oh, I didn't read your post. I just happen to do a search on my friends page for the words 'Malfoy', 'Draco' and 'Potterstinks' every day so I don't have to bother reading unnecessary rubbish.
Oddly I've never noticed the way you tie your tie, but I'll be sure to put that on my agenda. Right after 'jump out of a moving flying carpet' and 'wear French blue dress shirts.' If you were really going to attempt to do something about it, you'd be far better off in hunter green, though of course that would be against Gryffindor morale. I would disregard scarves entirely if I were you, but then, I like to put effort into my appearance. With your hairstyle they simply look ridiculous.
I will have you know that My Mother enjoys trying to work with the problems of complexions and various colour hazards rather than against them. Of course, it's difficult to pull off and I myself don't care to risk it, but My Mother is able to pull it off.
| seamus_f @ 2003-05-18 08:44 am UTC |
Idiot. I meant winter scarves, not some bloody ascot. I may be gay but I'm not poncy. However, if you choose to look like Gilderoy Lockhart, please be my guest.
I do own a number of dark green jumpers, actually; Gryffindor antipathy toward Slytherin doesn't mean the colour green is verboten. (Harry wears green quite often, as I'm sure you have noticed.) But I can't imagine you are actually suggesting that I wear a green dress shirt, particularly with a scarlet tie. A walking Christmas tree I am not.
| potterstinks @ 2003-05-18 09:10 am UTC |
Why would I even suggest anything about an ascot? I was talking about winter scarves. Just because it keeps you warm doesn't mean it looks good.
Obviously I wasn't talking about wearing green dress shirts with scarlet ties. Do you really think I'm so interested in sabotaging your fashion sense that I'd allow myself to have to look at that all day? Please. Fashion is something you do for everyone else, not yourself, and I'm obviously not talking about dress shirts. I'm talking about robes. When you're not wearing your Hogwarts robes, I was merely suggesting green with perhaps an accent of gold, but certainly nowhere near your face. Just something to relieve the imagery of looking like a large lump of moss.
Green is far too obvious for Potter, I feel. I myself would suggest dark blue, but of course, Potter doesn't seem to care one bit about colour schemes.
| seamus_f @ 2003-05-18 09:28 am UTC |
Well, Malfoy, the scarf is a necessary sacrifice. No one looks good with a red nose due to a head cold.
I find that a solid color done with contrasting losenges in a slightly different fabric also works to break things up. Of course, as you know, solid colors also make you look taller, lengthen the leg. So much less obvious than platform shoes.
I completely agree; green on Harry is very matchy-matchy. Dark blue goes very well with his hair and makes his eyes look that much greener in comparison. But he will not listen to me, nor does he seem inclined to spend any money on clothing which I find baffling.
| potterstinks @ 2003-05-18 09:56 am UTC |
I myself find a warming charm inside of one's gloves often does the trick when one is wishing to avoid a faux pas regardless of the season. Of course, winter scarves look brilliant on me, so I've yet to have this problem.
Certainly I wasn't suggesting platform shoes. My surname is not Brown. I thought, perhaps, an earth toned set of robes lined in a lightly structured motif to add volume, though I'd avoid any geometric patterns as they're rare to pull off at anything but giantesque height. There are some heathens who would suggest linear patterns, but I feel an abstract style is more suitable.
If Potter isn't careful, he'll soon find himself wearing violet due to his apathy when I'm sure you can see he's hardly regal enough to pull it off. I also note Potter missed the memorandum that wearing trousers that are too long does not add anything to one's height. Having to cuff his trousers only gives off the illusion that he has thick legs, which makes the whole ensemble look entirely out of proportion. Clearly he should keep his trousers simple and cut to just above the shoe, or at least try a pleat down the centre from the knee down. At the very least he could add something to his wardrobe that isn't black, burgundy, grey or green. The green would be more acceptable if used with discretion.
| seamus_f @ 2003-05-18 03:34 pm UTC |
I assure you, I will do my level best to keep Harry from purple. And no, his shoulders are not nearly wide enough to pull off cuffed trousers, but then if they were, he would look like a square. What he needs, really, is a good tailor to alter some of his clothes. There are precious few that look truly good in clothing straight off the rack. Harry doesn't seem to understand that being short does not mean fashion suicide. And as you point out, the boy is petrified of colour.
As for pattern, Dean wears it excellently but then Dean is quite tall and lean and can carry it off. I do have one pair of subtly striped trousers but they are really only for clubbing, when it is not only appropriate but necessary to look a bit flashy. Dean also looks smashing in bright colours like orange and yellow, but it's a tough job to get him to wear them as he hates standing out at all.
The new Wizard's Quarterly is showing flared robes and spread collars but I can't imagine they would flatter anyone not built like, well, Dean. I plan on sticking with my current fitted style, at least for the near term.
| potterstinks @ 2003-05-19 03:02 am UTC |
Oh, lord, can you really see Potter getting a tailor? I'm sure the fittings at Madam Malkin's are enough to scare him. Potter is not grotesquely short. He's merely 'not tall', so I can't see why he would wear robes that make him look shorter than he actually is, particularly when walking alongside Weasley.
Thomas would look a great deal less like he was attending a funeral if he went beyond the boundaries of Hogwarts robes and wore something other than black. What with the way he's always sitting around pensively, the black just looks sombre. Now, there was that black shirt with the white on the sleeves that you picked out - that was a nice change. However, I really feel yellows and even a bright red (which, you'll understand, is different than Gryffindor's shade) would lessen the funeral effect.
I hardly ever listen to Wizard's Quarterly. Last issue they were advising autumn golds and rusts, when everyone knows there are more skin tones that can't carry that off than can. That's just irresponsible. Flared robes come and go but in the end they always remain a faded fashion style that looked good on one person for all of ten minutes. I, on the other hand, have always been able to carry out spread and high collars, but perhaps that's due to my lineage.
| seamus_f @ 2003-05-19 11:43 am UTC |
You never know with Harry. He just might if he decides he wants to look good for some reason.
With Dean, we're getting there. Baby steps, like that shirt. Red is a good idea, though.
WQ is just becoming more and more useless. I prefer Moda Stregone, actually. For all that their editors self-consciously embrace the avant garde, they feature quite wearable clothing in the main.
High collars look fine on me, but they do make one look hopelessly stuffy and I feel should not be worn by those under 40.
| potterstinks @ 2003-05-19 01:43 pm UTC |
Pansy quite likes Moda Stregone. Of course, being female, Pansy is able to pull off avant-garde. She has a nice crimson camisole that was featured there a month after she had the thing sent in from Italy. Of course, the British version is slightly different, a bit more stuffy, but the material is high-grade and only further proof of the injustice between what a witch can carry out and what a wizard can't. Obviously I'm not losing any sleep over the camisole, but it's the principle of the fact that an entire trend is missed out on by wizards while witches can pull it off with class. It's indecent.
The day Potter puts effort into his appearance is the day I eat my hat. And seeing as I loathe hats, I feel it's a safe wager that this will never happen.
On the other hand, didn't Thomas choose plaid trousers?
It all depends on the cut of the collar. Vicar's collars, of course, are a trend that I alone sail, as anyone wearing them at any time now would only remind everyone of my dress robes for the Yule Ball and thus they would be an obvious sham artist and shamed for their fashion rudeness. It's probably for the best that I am a lone pinnacle there.
| seamus_f @ 2003-05-19 05:36 pm UTC |
Now, now. No good can come from envying the ladies their latitude.
Hats are the bane of any stylish wizard. Except the classic wizard's hat, of course.
Dean is more adventurous with me than with himself, even though he probably would have looked better in those trousers. This seems to be a general trend in our relationship.
I have no problem leaving the vicar's collar to you as a personal style statement.
Say, my cousin sent me the American WQ--they really cannot dress at all. Be more than glad to show it to you if you'd like to have a laugh. My roommates are not the sort to appreciate this sort of thing, sadly.
| potterstinks @ 2003-05-19 05:50 pm UTC |
The misfortune with the classic wizard's hat is that every wizard seems to feel they have an open invitation to sport one without checking a mirror, when often they tend to leave said wizards looking like sad little elves. Millicent, for example, looks like a very large, bloated, upside down wasp. Fortunately, she crushed her hat last term.
I suspect the trousers will serve as a tool to make you look short, though on Thomas they may have served as a tool to make him look like a pointdexter as plaid trousers seem to come hemmed too short, as a general rule. I myself choose not to wear them, but anyone I've ever seen wearing them had a large portion of their ankle and sock showing. On Thomas, they would have been capris.
I suppose it would be acceptable to peruse with someone who knows the difference between culottes and a skort. Fine, Finnigan, but I draw the line at styling each other's hair.
| blondenarcissa @ 2003-05-18 09:07 am UTC |
Draco,
I really am quite sorry that I stained your robes. I shall send you a new set along this afternoon after I get resettled back in at the Manor with your father. If they are not suitable to your standards, do let me know posthaste. I hope you are doing well and I am so very glad that we were able to converse this weekend.
Love,
Mother
| potterstinks @ 2003-05-18 10:04 am UTC |
Mother,
It's quite all right. After all, it's certainly not the first set of robes I've had something happen to in recent memory. I am doing adequately, though I slept unpleasantly last night and now I'm in a cross mood. I hope your return to the Manor goes well, as I know how you detest unpacking. I look forward to seeing you after exams.
Your pride and joy,
Draco
| blondenarcissa @ 2003-05-18 07:52 pm UTC |
My darling son,
Perhaps you ought to see Madam Pomfrey about getting a sleeping draught. You need your rest especially in light of the fact that exams are just around the corner. Was something distressing you?
The return to the Manor was uneventful. House elves are currently putting away my things as, you are right, I do loathe unpacking very much. Your father and I are looking forward to having you home for Summer hols. Is there anywhere you would fancy visiting during your break from school? Do let me know so I may make the proper arrangements.
Love,
Mother
| purestblood @ 2003-05-18 08:59 pm UTC |
I do think we should take a trip this summer, en famille, to Italy, or perhaps Crete. The French Riviera? Where would you like to go?