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Casual wear (or casual attire or clothing) is a
Western dress code that is relaxed, occasional, spontaneous and suited for everyday use. Casual wear became popular in the Western world following the counterculture of the 1960s
. When emphasising 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 refers to a Western dress code associated with suits—a step below semi-formal wear—thus being more formal than casual attire.[1]
Overview
Modern casual fashion can be traced to
running shoes, and track clothing.[2] Basic materials used for casual wear include denim, cotton, jersey, flannel, and fleece. Materials such as velvet, chiffon, and brocade are often associated with more formal clothes.[3]
While casual dress evokes utilitarian costume, there is a wide range for expression, including
jewelry, and cosmetics into casual wear during the 1980s. In the 1990s, hip hop fashion
played up elaborate jewelry and luxurious materials worn in conjunction with athletic gear and the clothing of manual labor.
Gender expression
Casual wear introduced a "unisexing" of fashion. By the
T-shirts, jeans, and collared shirts, and for the first time in nearly 200 years, it was fashionable for men to have long hair.[2] Casual wear is typically the dress code in which forms of gender expression are experimented with. An example is masculine jewelry, which was once considered shocking or titillating even in casual circles, and is now hardly noteworthy in semi-formal situations. Amelia Bloomer introduced trousers of a sort for women as a casual alternative to formal hoops and skirts. The trend toward female exposure in the 20th century tended to push the necklines of formal ball gowns lower and the skirts of cocktail dresses
higher.
Jeans, dress shirt (casually
turn down collared), and a T-shirt or sleeveless shirt are typically considered casual wear for men in modern times.[4][5] For men, the exposure of shoulders, thighs, and backs is still limited to casual wear.[citation needed
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See also
References
- ^ "Casual dictionary definition | casual defined". www.yourdictionary.com.
- ^ a b Clemente, Deirdre (August 5, 2015). "Why and When Did Americans Begin to Dress So Casually?". Time. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ "Material Chart". January 12, 2014.
- ^ "Casual Dress for Young Men: What to Wear & How to Wear It". October 31, 2012.
- ^ "How To Dress Sharp Without Shocking Your Friends". November 5, 2012.
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