Opening Statements: What to Wear to Court

Pleas of 'Not Guilty by Reason of Temporary Fashion Insanity' Won't Cut It; Lawyers and Witnesses Are Also Offenders
By CHRISTINA BINKLEY

Wall Street Journal

There's a place where first impressions are even more crucial than at a job interview or at dinner with our future in-laws: the courtroom.

Yet court officials are constantly surprised by the imprudence of people's courtroom-clothing choices. Interactive Graphic and Slide Show