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  • As a Barrister I am unrepentant in my view that our Court Dress of Gowns and Wigs is an essential element for establishing the seriousness and importance of the proceedings taking place, whether this be in a criminal or a civil court (where, it should be borne in mind, for breaching injunctions people can be jailed for long periods).

    The Case for Wigs and Gowns 2007

  • As a Barrister I am unrepentant in my view that our Court Dress of Gowns and Wigs is an essential element for establishing the seriousness and importance of the proceedings taking place, whether this be in a criminal or a civil court (where, it should be borne in mind, for breaching injunctions people can be jailed for long periods).

    Archive 2007-08-05 2007

  • Perhaps because she had chosen such a large target, the comedy in "Wigs" is much broader than the subtle satire of her other novels.

    The Pursuit of Laughter 2010

  • Periwig; and if the Fashion should introduce the thick kind of Wigs which were in Vogue some few Years ago, he promises to add two or three supernumerary Locks that shall contain all the

    Spectator, May 7, 1711 1711

  • Writing-Master in Town, who has transcribed all the _Old Testament_ in a full-bottomed Periwig; and if the Fashion should introduce the thick kind of Wigs which were in Vogue some few Years ago, he promises to add two or three supernumerary Locks that shall contain all the _Apocrypha_.

    The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

  • As Meir soon learns, Uri's stage name is Miss Sunshine, Although rejected by the talent scouts at Israeli Idol, he is one of the stars of The Holy Wigs, a drag troupe consisting of Tziona Patriot (Yuval Edelman), Talula Bonet (Tal Kallai), Kiara Duple (Lior Cohen), and Gallina Port des Bras (Gil Naveh).

    George Heymont: Puttin' On The Glitz (Two Hot New Gay Movie Musicals) George Heymont 2011

  • The Holy Wigs attend the funeral of a fallen sister

    George Heymont: Puttin' On The Glitz (Two Hot New Gay Movie Musicals) George Heymont 2011

  • The Holy Wigs attend the funeral of a fallen sister

    George Heymont: Puttin' On The Glitz (Two Hot New Gay Movie Musicals) George Heymont 2011

  • He stopped by Wigs and Plus on 14th Street where the owner, Sunny, would sell him a cheap hairpiece “for his mother.”

    The Avoidance Robert Vaughan 2011

  • As Meir soon learns, Uri's stage name is Miss Sunshine, Although rejected by the talent scouts at Israeli Idol, he is one of the stars of The Holy Wigs, a drag troupe consisting of Tziona Patriot (Yuval Edelman), Talula Bonet (Tal Kallai), Kiara Duple (Lior Cohen), and Gallina Port des Bras (Gil Naveh).

    George Heymont: Puttin' On The Glitz (Two Hot New Gay Movie Musicals) George Heymont 2011

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