Being someone in the imagineering forums, I don't come out here a lot. However, there's been something troubling me recently. It's about a shirt I've been looking for. Since there is no forum on clothing (Disney, Universal, or other), I decided to post here.
So here's the problem. I've been looking for a certain Harry Potter shirt, hoping to use it to help my teenage sister reconnect with the franchise (something I desperately want to do.) Unfortunately, it's been so hard to find. I've looked everywhere on Amazon, Target, Walmart, and I even looked at official stores from Universal Studios, Warner Bros., and the Official Harry Potter shop. I've just been hitting one dead end after another, even though part of me feels like I'm so close. I don't want to use auction sites like EBay, because even the sellers had to get it somewhere.
So here's the problem. I've been looking for a certain Harry Potter shirt, hoping to use it to help my teenage sister reconnect with the franchise (something I desperately want to do.) Unfortunately, it's been so hard to find. I've looked everywhere on Amazon, Target, Walmart, and I even looked at official stores from Universal Studios, Warner Bros., and the Official Harry Potter shop. I've just been hitting one dead end after another, even though part of me feels like I'm so close. I don't want to use auction sites like EBay, because even the sellers had to get it somewhere.
This is a picture of the shirt I'm looking for. I want to know where it can be bought and where it is manufactured so I can see if there are any sizes. I've been looking for this for three days already. Hopefully, someone knows where I can find something like this. I sure hope it still is sold. A slightly attractive girl in my High School had a shirt just like this, so hopefully, it's a newer brand. My Mom wonders if its an old brand since I can't find it anywhere, but I'm not giving up. It may be a Sisyphus thing (something that is hard and pointless for those of you who don't know Greek Mythology), but I think it could be worth it, especially considering that a character in a book I'm writing would wear the same thing and I want to know where she would've gotten it.
And as for me, it's been rough trying to get this. The reason why I want this for her is so she can proudly embrace it again. You see, when she was eleven years old, she was a big fan of the Wizarding World franchise. She was a proud Hufflepuff, but as she grew older, she began to drift further away. She stopped wearing HP clothes in public and instead wore them as PJs, which bothered me because it felt like she no longer cared. (Please note that I have Autism, so of course my views are a little weird.) Then, less than two years ago, she declared that she was a Ravenclaw, which upset me because she had thrown away the Hufflepuff I loved in her and made me feel like the fan she was no longer existed. I've tried many times to reconnect with her, but our house differences kept getting in the way. I am a Ravenclaw, and to have someone else in my family be in that house as well makes me feel unimportant and ordinary. Now things are very tense between us and she won't do anything Potter because she worries that it'll upset me. Also, I feel like Hufflepuff is a better fit for her. Sure, she's brave, intelligent, and very ambitious, but she's also hard-working, kind, patient, humble, and loyal, all of which are big traits of that house.
However, I have been trying to do better. My mother and I agreed to do a Harry Potter movie marathon over Christmas Break, and she will be joining us. We are hoping to have fun and enjoy it for what it is (even though I am a little worried about the house topic coming up, but perhaps we can avoid it.) I'm hoping that when she watches these movies, she'll get back into the series, and since we went to Warner Bros. Studios London over the Summer, we might have fun knowing that we've seen the things on screen in real life. Plus, if I'm lucky, she'll start thinking about her house and maybe realize that she is Hufflepuff. I shouldn't get my hopes up, but it's a possibility. And if she comes to proudly embrace the series once again, I feel like this shirt would come in handy if she wanted to publicly wear the clothes again.
So this is a long shot, but maybe it'll work. I just need to know where I can find this shirt.
And as for me, it's been rough trying to get this. The reason why I want this for her is so she can proudly embrace it again. You see, when she was eleven years old, she was a big fan of the Wizarding World franchise. She was a proud Hufflepuff, but as she grew older, she began to drift further away. She stopped wearing HP clothes in public and instead wore them as PJs, which bothered me because it felt like she no longer cared. (Please note that I have Autism, so of course my views are a little weird.) Then, less than two years ago, she declared that she was a Ravenclaw, which upset me because she had thrown away the Hufflepuff I loved in her and made me feel like the fan she was no longer existed. I've tried many times to reconnect with her, but our house differences kept getting in the way. I am a Ravenclaw, and to have someone else in my family be in that house as well makes me feel unimportant and ordinary. Now things are very tense between us and she won't do anything Potter because she worries that it'll upset me. Also, I feel like Hufflepuff is a better fit for her. Sure, she's brave, intelligent, and very ambitious, but she's also hard-working, kind, patient, humble, and loyal, all of which are big traits of that house.
However, I have been trying to do better. My mother and I agreed to do a Harry Potter movie marathon over Christmas Break, and she will be joining us. We are hoping to have fun and enjoy it for what it is (even though I am a little worried about the house topic coming up, but perhaps we can avoid it.) I'm hoping that when she watches these movies, she'll get back into the series, and since we went to Warner Bros. Studios London over the Summer, we might have fun knowing that we've seen the things on screen in real life. Plus, if I'm lucky, she'll start thinking about her house and maybe realize that she is Hufflepuff. I shouldn't get my hopes up, but it's a possibility. And if she comes to proudly embrace the series once again, I feel like this shirt would come in handy if she wanted to publicly wear the clothes again.
So this is a long shot, but maybe it'll work. I just need to know where I can find this shirt.
