Resources

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Reading List

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• A History of Legal Dress in Europe (until the end of the eighteenth century), W.N.Hargreaves-Mawdsley, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965.

• Legal Habits: A Brief Sartorial History of Wig, Robe and Gown, Thomas Woodcock, Ede & Ravenscroft, 2003.

• First 100 Years of Women in Law, Lucinda Acland & Katie Broomfield, Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, 2019.

• The Heritage of Dress, Wilfred Mark Webb, The Times Book Club, 1912.

• The English Ceremonial Book , Roger Milton, David & Charles, 1972.

• Robes of the Realm, Una Campbell, Michael O'Mara Books, 1989.

• Perukes & Periwigs, Janet Arnold, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970.

• Hear the Other Side: The Autobiography of England's First Woman Judge, Elizabeth Lane, Butterworths, 1985.

• Lord Hailsham: A Life, Geoffrey Lewis, Pimlico, 1998.

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Websites

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• Ede & Ravenscroft: Over 300 years experience of legal tailoring and wig making.

• Ivy & Normanton: The first legal outfitter specialising in legal attire for women.

• Courts & Tribunals Judiciary: A brief history of court dress.

• Bar Council Ethics & Practice: Current court dress recommendations.

• The National Archives: A Lord Chancellor's Department Consultation Paper on Court Working Dress in England and Wales, May 2003.

• The University of Edinburgh Law School: Legal Dress in Scotland

• First 100 Years: A ground-breaking history project charting the journey of women in law since 1919.

• BBC article, November 2011: Lawyers attending Supreme Court no longer have to wear wigs and gowns.