Go to Wonkette for a ruling on the high ponytail as an acceptable look for someone who wants to make partner. (Not kidding.)
I'm talking about what your deponent should wear and should avoid.
No clanky jewelry.
No rustling scarves that add simulated wind noise to every head movement. Attorneys please copy.
Keep hair off the mic. More simulated wind noise.
No narrow stripes, no small checks. They create a kind of cheap sci-fi special effect of moire that looks alive.
Shiny fabrics are a risk for unwanted glare.
No yoke neck, with bare skin to the xiphoid process. Your poor video producer needs something to clip the lav mic to. Like the poor Scottish railroad engineer who was brought to Illinois and complained, "Ye hah na place to put your tunnels through!"
Some image considerations:
You may want your witness to look poor or rich, sophisticated or just a simple person looking for justice. Dress them accordingly. You'd be surprised at the witnesses who show up in scary clothes.
Hang the coat somewhere besides the back of the chair.
If you want them in a tie, get it on straight and not too tight.
No bright whites against dark skin. Some video equipment and some shooters can't get a good recording of this contrast ratio. I can, but it's not a universal skill.
Some doctors have a special light gray or light blue lab coat for video deps.
The impression your witness makes is a ferociously multi-variant equation. Clothes are a controllable factor. Control it.
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