While solicitors and various other members of the judiciary have waved goodbye to wearing wigs over the years, the peculiar perukes remain a distinctive feature of barristers’ courtroom attire.

At one time the solicitor appearing in open court wore a robe but the barrister wore a robe and a horsehair wig, but the wig is now being abolished.

KCs are viewed as very senior barristers or solicitor advocates ... They’re required to dress up in a full-bottomed wig, a jabot at the throat, breeches, waistcoat, ruffles, white gloves ...