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    Informal wear or undress, also called business wear, corporate/office wear, tenue de ville or dress clothes, is a Western dress code for clothing defined...
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    casual wear's comfort, it may be referred to as leisurewear or loungewear. While casual is "informal" in the sense of "not formal", informal wear traditionally...
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  • Semi-formal wear or half dress is a grouping of dress codes indicating the sort of clothes worn to events with a level of formality between informal wear and...
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  • Western dress codes (category Formal wear)
    formal wear (full dress), semi-formal wear (half dress), and informal wear (undress). Anything below this level is referred to as casual wear, although...
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    notched (step) lapel was more associated with day-to-day professional informal wear. Yet, from the end of the 19th century, with the gradual introduction...
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  • originating in country leisure wear. This evolved into the semi-formal evening wear black tie from the 1880s and the informal wear suit accepted by polite society...
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    Smart casual (category Casual wear)
    considered casual wear but with smart (in the sense of "well dressed") components of a proper lounge suit from traditional informal wear. For men, this interpretation...
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  • garment much like a Western T-shirt and pants, can be wear along in casual. The typical set of informal wear consists of two or three layers. The first layer...
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    Business casual (category Casual wear)
    considered casual wear but with smart (in the sense of "well dressed") components of a proper lounge suit from traditional informal wear, adopted for white-collar...
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    semi-formal wear or business wear in contemporary Western dress codes, however when the suit was originally developed it was considered an informal or more...
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    full dress uniform for formal wear, mess dress uniform for formal evening wear, service dress uniform for informal wear, and combat uniform (also called...
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    increasingly worn as everyday or informal wear, the early American sportswear designers were associated with ready-to-wear manufacturers. While most fashions...
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    exercise to prevent taking cold. Hence a similar garment for general informal wear; a jumper or pullover" According to most British dictionaries, British...
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    short-sleeved, and collared. Kariyushi shirts may be worn as casual, informal wear, or as dresswear. First introduced in 1970 to promote tourism to Okinawa...
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    Top hat (category Formal wear)
    (also called a high hat, or, informally, a topper) is a tall, flat-crowned hat traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning...
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    century, informal wear was the norm across many social settings, including workplaces, restaurants, travel, and movie theaters. In the 1950s, casual wear became...
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    Black tie (category Semi-formal wear)
    early days, black tie, in contrast to formal white tie, was considered informal wear. In the following decades of the Victorian era, the style became known...
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  • Australian Macquarie Dictionary as “Short shorts of tough material for informal wear.” The brand was established in 1972 by clothing manufacturer Edward...
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    abbreviated version of the robe à la française worn as a jacket for informal wear with a matching or contrasting petticoat. The skirt of the casaquin...
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    experienced tailors. Shawl lapels are a style derived from the Victorian informal evening wear, and as such are not normally seen on suit jackets except for tuxedos...
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    there are types of kimono suitable for both formal and informal occasions. The way a person wears their kimono is known as kitsuke (着付け, lit. 'dressing')...
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    points. Created about 1866 and revived in the 1890s, was considered informal wear. In the early 20th century, the peplum was revived and the term meant...
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    (technically, informal wear, that is, a suit and tie or equivalent for ladies) was acceptable. The suit was to be dark, and ladies would ideally not wear slacks...
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  • lineage societies provide a rosette as an insignia of membership for informal wear. Ribbon (award), for a different variety of rosette Service lapel button...
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    uniform had two coats: a long one for dress and a short jacket for informal wear. Army officer uniforms were khaki in summer, and olive in winter. Certain...
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    century, the term "nightgown" referred not to sleepwear but rather to informal wear. The nightgown was a "version of a modern dressing gown" and tended...
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  • the word was promoted by Maoists as insulting but is now in general, informal use. Honky (US) a white person. Haole (Hawaii) Usually not offensive, can...
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    scarlet "frocks" (plain jackets in harder-wearing material designed for informal wear ) as part of their active service uniform although some regiments sent...
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  • by people of all ages and social classes. Along with mass-marketed informal wear in general, blue jeans are perhaps American culture's primary contribution...
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    Ready-to-wear (RTW) – also called prêt-à-porter, or off-the-rack or off-the-peg in casual use – is the term for garments sold in finished condition in...
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