dress code

noun

: formally or socially imposed standards of dress

Examples of dress code in a Sentence

The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
Recent Examples on the Web For most of the academic year, Barbers Hill High School junior Darryl George has been in in-school suspension or at an off-site disciplinary program because school officials said George’s dreadlocks violated the district’s dress code. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024 George’s family had also sued Texas state officials in September—including its Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton—claiming the dress code is a clear violation of the CROWN Act. Brian Bushard, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 With a playful, digressive style, Moghaddam considers the layers of the hijab and the ways that a dress code both enables and disables self-expression. Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024 Gilbert was wearing a white suit, per the dress code, with sneakers that were mostly black. Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024 Despite the apparent no-bra dress code happening (Olivia Wilde, Zoë Kravitz, Elsa Hosk and Georgia May Jagger ditched their pasties in favor of nipple-showing looks), the Cosmos founder bundled up in a fur coat. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024 Darryl George last week lost the latest stage of his legal battle after a Texas judge ruled his school’s dress code did not break a state-wide law prohibiting racial discrimination based on hair. Nick Morrison, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 With the evening’s dress code including Hollister sweatshirts and bondage gear, the question made the city feel bigger and stranger. Chris Richards, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024 That included a push for good conduct, a new dress code, and demanding no vulgar language. Lisa J Huriash, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress code was in 1961

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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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