why in this world did judges and aristocrats had to wear those curly wigs and white thights????

Answer 1

English judicial attire in its present form dates from about 1660, the time of the Restoration of the English monarchy. Upon the return of Charles II from France, the fashion of the Court of Louis XIV for powdered wigs became de rigeur for the smart members of English society. Since England had just emerged from a bloody civil war between those who wore their hair short (the "Roundheads") and those who wore their hair long (the "Beatles"), the pervasive use of wigs was an obvious way to cover over the divisions in society (as well as the occasional bald spot).

Answer 2

Shaving your head and wearing a wig kept at least some of the parasites off one's scalp. And you could remove the wig and have the nits killed easier than doing so on your own head.

Now they are a badge of office for judges. Don't know why they still use them, except Brits are big on tradition.

In Britain and most Commonwealth nations, special wigs are also worn by barristers, judges, and certain parliamentary and municipal or civic officials as a symbol of the office. Until 1823, all bishops in the United Kingdom wore ceremonial wigs. The wigs worn by barristers are in the style favoured in the late eighteenth century. Judges' wigs are, in everyday use as court dress, short like barristers' wigs (although in a slightly different style) but for ceremonial occasions judges and also senior barristers (QCs) wear full-bottomed wigs. In the eighteenth century such wigs were made from real hair and powdered in order to give them their distinctive white or off-white colour. Powdering wigs was messy and inconvenient and the development of the naturally white or off-white powderless wig (made of horsehair) is no doubt what has made the retention of wigs in everyday court dress a practical possibility.

Tights, well, check out photo in this link to Wiki. A man's Renaissance-era costume with tights

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tights

Originally derived from the hose worn by European men several centuries ago, tights were made as close fitting as possible for practical reasons when riding horseback. For men of nobility the material would be made of silk or fine wool rather than the coarser fabrics used by the lower classes. At the time of King Henry VIII of England, such was the male fashion for displaying a well turned leg that even the king padded the calf area under his hose.

Notice they don't even mention the codpiece? Now, why would a man wear tights? Bragging rights!

Answer 3

It was from the effeminate society of France and the Louis regime, they all were a little goofy? They wore makeup put phony moles on their cheeks and wore lipstick. Today that is called gay or a cross dresser, Britain took up this fashion as well. And I am not against gays. But truthfully neither was France, but they imposed the thoughts of the crown on those that were uncomfortable dressing like women. Oscar Wilde the male concubine for the King and Queen of France was imprisoned for his writings against the aristocrats and their abuse of power and their sexual thrills as well as all their friends. He exposed them all.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The only answer I can give you is because it was the style back then, and they thought it was cool.

Answer 6

to look purdy