What do Barristers Wear Under Their Robes?

OK, so barristers are all flowing black robes, sparkling white bibs and curly-haired dignity on the outside. But what about on the inside? What is worn under those traditional old markers of counsel? What lies beneath? Whatever it is, is it dignified? Traditional? Legal?

Bar Jackets and Jabots: unsung heros or soup catchers.

The bar jacket and jabot are the forgotten elements of judicial and legal dress. Their appearance, history and significance minimised as merely ‘associated accessories’ to the wig and robe. But do they deserve any more? And just what is a jabot anyway? Some kind of half-arsed robot. A ineffectual jab. Something worn in the pants. Here is the third part of our series about how barristers dress. Perhaps it will answer these questions but I doubt it.