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When I got my Ph.D., I bought my cap, gown, and hood. It cost about $400 for the ensemble, 14 years ago. It has my initials embroidered in the gown. It was an investment, because I do wear it for convocation and graduation every year. Some of my fellow professors have school colors...our Dean graduated from Ohio State, and her gown is whatever that red color is from "that school." I've also seen purple for a Northwestern Ph.D. professor, with ermine-type collar/trim. That's the fanciest gown I've ever seen...and he wore it with jeans and beat up tennis shoes!
Here's a bit of hood trivia that I learned from an older professor: in earlier times, professors at European universities taught in their academic regalia. When the professor recessed down the aisle following class, students paid the professor by putting money in the pocket at the back of the hood. Academic hoods for professors are still made this way, with a pocket at the bottom. The interior colors indicate the school colors of the university where the doctorate was received, and the velvet signifies the subject area of the degree (light blue = education, kelly green = medicine, etc.)
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