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 Post-Stonewall riots didn’t come with a dress code or tone requirement. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024 Offering a few helpful tips to anyone planning to attend multiple events with a dress code on the same night? Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024 The cap sleeves and high neckline offer excellent coverage for a more modest dress code. Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024 The girls, who have a stricter dress code and other more rigid requirements, begin to chafe at the inequality. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024 In a fashion moment that felt like a chic take on the 27 Dresses storyline, past One Of clients attended the event wearing their favorite designs created by Patricia Voto, leading to an unofficial dress code and a few cute matching moments that served as conversation starters. Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024 The group's facility has career services to teach soft skills like punctuality and dress code — skills that people who grew up in U.S. society may take for granted. Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024 Unlike the boys, girls are required to have a strict dress code and not go out by themselves at night. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024 The dress code, which applies to men and women, includes bans on revealing or tight clothes, cleavage, dresses or skirts above the knee, bare backs, halter tops, open-toe shoes and fragrances. Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 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 29 Apr. 2024.

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