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# Posted 12:56 PM by Patrick Belton

THE MAJESTY OF THE LAWS: The Lord Chancellor's Department, which overseas the British judiciary, has hired an "image consultant," who suffers from the mild occupational impairment that she is on crack. Ms. Henderson, director of a fashion consultancy, has produced a portfolio of suggested revisions in British judicial attire (currently ignonimously displayed at the bottom of the BBC's website). About 90 percent of the image consultant's suggested "improvements" look like the worst variants of Star Trek uniforms (i.e., think Star Trek: The Motion Picture - one can make these sorts of allusions in internet media), while the remainder resemble 18th century Puritan clerical garb. Ms. Henderson says, among other brilliant things:

The black gown is very threatening while the red is more vibrant, friendly and stands out more. (She also opines that the wig "has to go.")

Heaven forbid that the legal profession would strive to embody virtues other than being fun, friendly, and standing out in a crowd (the last of which I'd actually always naively thought wearing wigs and robes accomplished rather nicely). Here's hoping the natural sense of law's majesty possessed by the British bar and bench will outweigh these efforts at spring fashion remodeling.

UPDATE: Eugene agrees. Kevin likes red.

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