Strixhaven Costuming/Cosplay Guide

Students: Silverquill students can be identified by their immaculate and stylish formal attire. They always look masterfully composed, with nothing out of place. Their clothing is designed to intimidate and inspire as much as their magic.

• Student costuming is elegant and collegiate, but it stays closer to the figure silhouette than on professors.
• All student garments have a collar shaped like a pen nib.
• Gold accents and ochre fabric complement the predominantly black and white forms.

Professors: Professors exude inspiration and intimidation on an extremely grand scale. They are not afraid to take up space and command attention. Their bombastic attire is grand, with every detail meticulously chosen with care an intention to create an imposing figure.

• Professors’ costuming has high collars, prominent shoulder pads, long capes, and other elements that break and extend the figure silhouette.
• Gold accents complement the black and white fabrics.
• Pen nib shapes and calligraphic flourishes decorate the costuming.

Students: Prismari students’ uniforms are modern while still being expressive and colorful. They carry equipment, ready to do some magical plein air at the drop of a hat.

• Costuming is decorated with the shape of abstracted flames.
• Student costuming is loose but mostly stays close to the figures’ silhouette.
• Costuming is loose on the thigh, but tighter on the ankles.
• Prismari students tend to use a neckerchief.

Professors: Prismari professors have over-the-top costuming, more antiquated than students, appearing as true performers at the top of their abilities from a previous generation.

• Professors’ costuming always extends beyond the figure’s silhouette.
• Professor’s costuming is always turning into an element at the edges due to their powerful magic: fire, water, ice, and vapor.
• Large collars that frame the head, some have explicit themes like an artist palette.

Students: Lorehold students can be identified by their practical and mobile uniforms, designed to be worn both on campus and in the harsh climates of a research expedition. The clothing has a more casual edge, designed for action and adventure.

• Lorehold student costuming is often sleveless.
• Lorehold students use a cravat with cuneiform-style writings similar to what appears in their magic.
• Students have heavy belts that carry books and digging tools.

Professors: Professors generally have more elaborate and larger-than-life attire. Taking the idea of living history to an extreme, they adorn themselves with the trappings of the past by integrating ancient writings and artifacts.

• Ornamentation in costuming resembles scrolls and has cuneiform text similar to that in their magic.
• Pieces of decorative armor on professor costuming includes breastplates, gauntlets, helmets, etc.
• Professors’ costuming extends beyond the figure silhouette.

Students: Quandrix students have a neat and orderly aesthetic, more understated compared to other colleges as they prefer to let their theories and works speak for them. They have a slight bias for practicality and comfort in their attire, as long as it remains tidy and put together. Their clothing is designed to incorporate the latest in mathematical theories, manifesting as fractal shapes and patterns.

• Student outfits have decorative elements but mostly stay close to the figure silhouette.
• Costuming often has a hoodie or thick collar with triangular plaid lining.
• Quandrix students use a fabric necklace with a pendant.
• Gold thread edges create geometric shapes.

Professors: Quandrix professors are living embodiments of their theories, wearing their most intricate discoveries as part of their clothing. Like all Strixhaven professors, those in Quandrix have a dramatic presence, often mesmerizing. Looking at them can be like looking at the fundamental nature of reality.

• Professor costuming is collegiate but has decorations that extend beyond the figure silhouette.
• Diagonal folds and geometric pleats with gold edges from geometric shapes.

Students: Witherbloom students look like a modern cross between witchy goths and hippies, with ornamentation that doubles as a focus object. They’re always carrying several vials, beakers, and containers to brew potions on the field.

• Clothing has sharp edges and pointy cuts.
• Glowing rib-like shapes that also resemble a palm leaf is a recurring motif in the torso of costuming.
• Students always carry vials for potions, and big bags with all sorts of artifacts to conduct their magic.

Professors: Witherbloom professors have a more eccentric look, as if they have become embodied natural objects: the professor gets almost lost inside their elegant and mysterious costume. These are witches in their best garb.

• Clothing folds resemble petal and leaf arrangements.
• Costuming is a fashion statement made with natural elements.
• Professor costuming contains many decorative elements that extend beyond the figure silhouette.