How to Dress for the Courtroom as a Defendant, Party, or Witness Corporette.com In my last post I showed you a portrait of Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy in rather unique early 18th century formal Spanish court dress. In contrast, here's an example of court Terminology: What is a robe de cour or grand habit? The Dreamstress Formal court dress has ever been about creating a high level of artificiality, and with it a greater level of impracticality resulting in less freedom of movement. For those who lived in