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Harry Potter: Costumes of the Wizarding World
288 pages, Hardcover
Published November 4, 2025
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March 30, 2026
Right, let's get the bad out the way first. Minus half a star for including Fantastic Beasts material (fuck that shit!) and minus another star for having so many attributable mistakes (i.e. saying a photo is from Prisoner of Azkaban when it's clearly Half-Blood Prince) that I actually lost count.
Now, the positive! Reading the sheer amount of work that goes into something that might only be on screen for a handful of seconds is always scintillating. Reading about why a costume choice was made to highlight the details of a character (i.e. Snape has a lot of buttons on his costume to suggest he is closed off and guarded) is even better. So from these viewpoints alone, I'd recommend this book 👌
But seriously, what happened to the fact checker for this text? Were they on holiday before the final printing deadline?! 🤣
Now, the positive! Reading the sheer amount of work that goes into something that might only be on screen for a handful of seconds is always scintillating. Reading about why a costume choice was made to highlight the details of a character (i.e. Snape has a lot of buttons on his costume to suggest he is closed off and guarded) is even better. So from these viewpoints alone, I'd recommend this book 👌
But seriously, what happened to the fact checker for this text? Were they on holiday before the final printing deadline?! 🤣
November 18, 2025
For the amount of pages this book possesses. It has very little new information or pictures to show that have not already been published in previous iterations of similar books by warner bros.
It is rather disappointing that this is continuously seen as appropriate for the amount of money it costs to buy this book.
It would be a lot more interesting if any new books about 'costumes' would actually show costumes, instead of simply talk about them.
there is an incredible amount of text, in comparison to very little costumes.
Please do better Warner bros, and actually show us new costumes, new information, and or behind the scenes pictures / deleted scene pictures.
It is rather disappointing that this is continuously seen as appropriate for the amount of money it costs to buy this book.
It would be a lot more interesting if any new books about 'costumes' would actually show costumes, instead of simply talk about them.
there is an incredible amount of text, in comparison to very little costumes.
Please do better Warner bros, and actually show us new costumes, new information, and or behind the scenes pictures / deleted scene pictures.
January 5, 2026
An impressive coffee table book featuring still shots and sketches from the Harry Potter franchise.
Chapters are broken down as follows:
Hogwarts, Triwizard Tournament, Yule Ball, Order of the Phoenix, Wizarding World, Ministry of Magic, Muggles, Dark Wizards, The Wizarding World 1920-1930.
Within each chapter characters are featured.
Revenson also includes a little about costume designers, some of whom were nominated for Oscar
Chapters are broken down as follows:
Hogwarts, Triwizard Tournament, Yule Ball, Order of the Phoenix, Wizarding World, Ministry of Magic, Muggles, Dark Wizards, The Wizarding World 1920-1930.
Within each chapter characters are featured.
Revenson also includes a little about costume designers, some of whom were nominated for Oscar
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