Dress code
= Day (before 6 p.m.) = Evening (after 6 p.m.) = Bow tie colour = Ladies = Gentlemen A dress code is a set of rules, often written, with regard to what clothing groups of people must wear.
Dress code also allows individuals to read others' behavior as good, or bad by the way they express themselves with their choice of apparel.
Common pieces of clothing worn by peasants and the working class included plain tunics, cloaks, jackets, pants, and shoes.
John R. Jewitt, an Englishman who wrote a memoir about his years as a captive of the Nuu-chah-nulth people in 1802-1805, describes how, after some time living there, Maquinna and the chiefs decided that he must now be "considered one of them, and conform to their customs".
Jewitt resented the imposition of this dress code, finding the loose untailored garments very cold, and attributed to them a subsequent illness of which he almost died.
[5] In the early 20th century, informal wear was the norm across many social settings, including workplaces, restaurants, travel, and movie theaters.
Beginning in the 1980s, technology companies in Silicon Valley developed the business casual dress code, which was part of a broader organizational culture of emphasizing efficiency over propriety.
[2] The dress codes in North American high schools typically resulted in tests that would determine if skirts or shorts were long enough.
[7] Islam, founded in the seventh century CE, laid out rules regarding the attire of both men and women in public.
Rather, the indigenous costumes are preferred or even dictated, for example the Barong Tagalog for men and Filipiniana for women in the Philippines,[15][16] the Kilt in Scotland, and Kinte cloth wear in Nigeria.
Generally, a carefully drafted dress code applied consistently does not violate anti-discrimination laws.
An important court case that occurred in the U.S was the Jespersen v. Harrah's Operating Co., which allowed for a workplace to require that female employees wear makeup while their male counterparts were banned from doing so.
Darlene Jespersen worked at Harrah's Casino for more than 20 years and found that the makeup and dress code was not only unattainable but degrading.
[20] Jespersen found that the 'Personal Best' policy was not true to her natural appearance as it required a full face of makeup including foundation, powder, blush, mascara, and lipstick.
"[20] In opposition men who worked at Harrah's Casino were banned from wearing makeup, nail polish, and other traditionally female attires.
[20] In New Jersey, twenty-one women sued the Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa for requiring them to lose weight and stay under a certain size to maintain their jobs.
The case was dismissed in New Jersey because the BorgataBabes program required that both men and women maintain certain body shapes and sizes.
[22] Doe, a transgender person beginning gender transition, found that her supervisors at the engineering company, Boeing Corporation, were uncooperative with her desire to wear feminine presenting clothing to work.
After a few warnings from her supervisors, Doe showed up to work wearing a pink pantsuit and was subsequently fired for violating the dress code.
[24] In the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, it was ruled that Stephens was unlawfully fired based on sex discrimination, which does protect transgender people.
[27] After a study conducted by Dove to reveal the degree of workplace discrimination towards black women, the data was used to spread awareness and elicit change for the act to be passed.
CROWN continues to fight for this cause, with a recent work-study conducted in 2023 revealing that discrimination regarding hair texture still prevails.
Ethnically appropriate costumes, such as a kilt, turban, Barong tagalog, sari, or kinte cloth are also worn frequently.
The job search engine Monster.com offers this definition, "In general, business casual means dressing professionally, looking relaxed, yet neat and pulled together."
Thirteen-year-old student Sophie Hasty was quoted in the Evanston Review saying that "not being able to wear leggings because it's 'too distracting for boys' is giving us the impression we should be guilty for what guys do."
In a Time magazine article covering the incident, Eliana Dockterman argued that teachers and administration in these schools are "walking the fine line between enforcing a dress code and slut shaming.
[39] "School staff allegedly lined up girls against a wall as they arrived and banished about two dozen for having dresses which purportedly showed too much skin and violated the rules."
In the letter, Wiggins concentrated specifically on the fact that females are often blamed for the behaviour of males, saying that if a boy "will get distracted by my upper back and shoulders then he needs to be sent home and practice self-control."
[2] Another case that took place in British Columbia was a young women got sent home from her high school, because her principal stated that her shirt was inappropriate due to the show of too much cleavage.
