British Judges to Dress in Star Trek Costumes?
by manny
Judges in the British courtoom are discarding their traditional attire and boldly going to the future.
Britain’s top judges are to get a new outfit, doing away with their traditional wigs and introducing colour-coded robes which one critic likened to costumes from the hit sci-fi series Star Trek.
[via AFP]
According to The Guardian’s Hadley Freeman, the new robes make the judges look “like the man who sells you tickets for the Star Trek Experience at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.”
Really, are they worse than the horse hair wigs?
Many British judges are unhappy with the new look. They claim that wigs add to the dignity of proceedings and confer an anonymity which stops villains recognizing them out of court.
I admit that I’m a little confused - the wigs don’t hide their faces. If they want anonymity, I would suggest wearing a mask.
I suppose it’s not my place to judge the judges. But I like the new Star Trek look and find it rather inspiring. When faced with a tough decision, now the judges can ask themselves, “What would Spock do?”
