Legal Habits: a Brief Sartorial History of Wig, Robe and Gownby Thomas Woodcock. Ede and Ravenscroft, 2003. Hardback, 80 pp. Many illustrations in black and white and in colour. Original dustjacket which is lightly scuffed. Condition: Very Good. Clean throughout and tightly bound with no former owner inscriptions. £19.99 The pomp and pageantry of the UK legal system depend not a little on the curious and picturesque legal costumes that have been handed down by tradition. This little book looks at the history that lies behind those three types of legal wig, and at the many different kinds of robes and gowns worn by Chancellors, judges, QCs etc. when in court. Full-bottomed wigs, bob wigs, bag wigs, wigs with or withoutbuckles, black silk stockings, black patent leather shoes with cut steel buckles, silk gowns in red or black, with or without ermine trimmings, hoods and mantles etc. . . . its all here, and its all rather gorgeous to look at.