Follow Portugal Immigration and focus on Portuguese Universities: The uniforms of university students in Portugal are quite interesting, resembling the cloaks from Harry Potter. As it is graduation season, everyone is taking photos. It is said that this is followed by a month of parties, where this group will be drunk every day. I suppose for foreigners, this is just an excuse.
This attire has a history of over two hundred years in Portugal. A long time ago, university students were very poor and wore tattered clothes, so they wrapped their bodies in large black cloth capes to cover their shame and keep warm. Since then, this attire has continued and become a distinctive feature of Portuguese university students. Nowadays, they no longer wear tattered clothes underneath, but black suits paired with black leather shoes, looking very professional. When it is hot, they drape the black cape over their shoulders, which looks quite stylish and neat.
The uniform of the University of Coimbra is the traditional academic dress, trajeacadémico, also known as capa e batina, representing the honor of being a student at the University of Coimbra.
University of Coimbra academic dress, female: black robe (capaPreta/capa negra), black jacket, black skirt, white shirt, black tie, black stockings (mandatory), black mid-heel leather shoes (square/round toe). Other optional accessories: academic folder (pasta académica), pointed hat/bowler hat (for festivals), cane (for festivals).
Do our Chinese friends know about the university uniforms in Portugal? Compared to the simple and rigid school uniforms in China, they are completely different and sophisticated! The university student uniforms in Portugal are very interesting, with a black cape-like cloth draped over the shoulders. Doesn't it look like the uniforms of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter movies? Yes, that's right, J.K. Rowling's ex-husband was a Portuguese journalist, and Auntie Rowling drew inspiration from the uniforms of Portuguese university students to design the Hogwarts uniforms.
