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Promoters of the entertainment industry, including sport, attempt to "sex-up" the entertainment by under-dressing the entertainers or sportspeople. For example, in 1999, the [[beach volleyball]] regulatory body set a limit on the amount of clothing allowed for the athletes to wear during competition. These require only swimsuits as uniforms for women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/STYLE/9901/13/vollyball.bikini/|title=Bikini blues – Beach volleyball makes the swimsuit standard|website=CNN.com|archiveurl=http://archive.today/5Qr5F|archivedate=September 28, 2013}}</ref> This has led to [[Beach volleyball#Uniform controversy|some controversy]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/sports/beach-volleyball.htm ''Beach Volleyball'']{{dead link|date=October 2011}}, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.</ref>

Undress codes that prohibit clothing altogether are less common and are limited to [[naturist]] recreation facilities, and to [[sauna]]s and [[steam bath]]s, where the cultural traditions of a country encourage or require nudity, for example in [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Finnish sauna|Finland]] and [[Estonia]].

The [[social norm]] in some countries is to wear considerably less or briefer clothing than in others.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article619936.ece The undress code that’s the height of teen fashion] From The Times August 26, 2006.</ref> Fashions since the mid-20th century has been towards briefer, more [[form-fitting]] styles, as well as thinner and [[See-through fabricclothing|sheer]] materials. In some cultures, including some in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia/Oceania, traditional dress consists of less clothing than those of the West. Some religious traditions or rituals require the members to be nude, as was the case with the ancient Indian [[Gymnosophists]] or the Christian sect of the [[Adamites]] (the custom is still practised by [[ascetic]]s of certain [[Indian religions]], as in [[Jainism]]). (see also [[Christian naturism]]).

Laws in many countries require a person to undress in some circumstances when requested by a customs or police officer in a [[strip search]].