Free contour robe hanger and clear garment bag included with every judicial robe for proper storage. Established in the chancery lane area of the city of london, england. We are proud to have provided robing, bespoke tailored clothing and accessories to the members of the english bar and the legal profession for many years.

Judicial robes have always exhibited variety depending on the status of the judge, the type of court and other considerations. In addition to robes, judges have generally worn a short bench wig when working in court and a wing collar and bands at the neck. Members of the old judicial committee of the house of lords (or "Law lords") and the judicial committee of the privy council never wore court dress . Since the creation of the supreme court of the united kingdom in 2009, the justices of that court have retained the law lords' tradition of sitting unrobed. On ceremonial occasions they wear a robe of black damask embellished with gold with the badge of the supreme court embroidered at the yoke. This judicial robe features fully-lined sleeves, hand-fluting in key areas, cuffs with buttons, personalized embroidery, and a classic yoke.

Until the 1970s, morning dress was required of all attorneys appearing before the united states supreme court by the court's rules. Even after the court abolished the requirement, the office of the solicitor general maintained the practice. Supreme court, they wear morning dress, with striped trousers, judge robes on sale, waistcoat, and a cutaway morning coat. A feminized version is sometimes worn by female deputies, which consists of the same garments tailored to female measurements. Former solicitor general elena kagan, the only woman to hold the office to date, appeared before the court in pantsuits in lieu of morning dress.

Our yoke has a special shape retention inner-canvas lining which allows the robe to adapt naturally to the contours of the shoulders without any of the back-of-the-neck gap found on most judicial gowns. Our bentley & simon judicial robe was designed exclusively for judges, with the help of judges, and is the only robe you should be wearing. High expectations, long work hours, and intellectual rigor are only some of the requirements of the job, day in and day out. These are why judges need comfort; why judges need to project authority, and why judges need robes and accessories that measure up to their esteemed stature. Court of appeals, will don one of bentley’s custom-made j-71s — largely considered the lamborghini of judicial gowns — is still a white-knuckle mystery for the seamstresses who make them.

The white and red robe of the lord justice clerk is differentiated by many small perforations in the white satin, through which the red cloth shows giving an ermine-like impression. The lord justice general wears a red robe and hood edged in ermine (black-spotted white fur). Sheriffs wear the black gowns which they formerly used in practice (silk gowns for qcs; stuff gowns for advocates and solicitor-advocates), with falls in place of the bow-tie. In the netherlands and belgium, judges, lawyers and prosecutors dress identically in the form of a black robe and a white band. This is a symbolic act, as it is meant to convey the idea that the judge is merely the representative of dutch or belgian law, rather than an elevated individual with the power of sentencing people.