Barristers’ Dress
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Take Off That Ugly Mask: The Problem of Barristers’ Hirsute Appendages, 1866-1896
From the Irish Times, 12 and 17 November 1863: “SIR – The press has ever been the resort of those who have a grievance to complain of. I trust therefore, you will give me an opportunity of saying a few… Continue reading
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From ‘Back Hair’ to Go-Go Boots: Fashion and the Female Barrister, 1921-1967
From the Belfast News-Letter, 21 January 1922, this account of an interview with Frances Kyle, Ireland’s (technically) first woman barrister, having been called a couple of minutes or so before her colleague Averil Deverell: “‘How do you like the wig,’… Continue reading
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Dressed to Kilt, 1930
From the Irish Examiner, January 21, 1930: “A touch of novelty was given to the ceremony of calling a number of young gentlemen to the Bar in the Supreme Court this morning. One of them appeared in kilts. The regulation… Continue reading
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A Barrister’s Johnnie, 1924
From the Evening Herald, 7 March 1924: “At the Sessions today, before the Recorder, Mr Alex Lynn, BL, sued Mr Richard Mulcahy, as Minister of Defence, and Major General Guilfoyle for damages for loss of a wig and gown and… Continue reading
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The Affair of the White Waistcoat, 1899
From the Belfast Telegraph, 17 June 1899: “Yesterday, in the Four Courts, Dublin, in the course of a trial, Lord Chief Justice O’Brien observed that one of the Queen’s Counsel appeared in a white waistcoat, which was not professional costume.… Continue reading