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An '''undress code''' is a [[dress code]] or [[social norm]] which sets an upper limit on the amount of [[clothing]] that can or should be worn. {{cn}} For example, some public swimming facilities set maximum clothing standards, for sanitary reasons. These rules restrict persons using the facilities to specific types of bathing suits.

Historically, the term "undress" is used to describe dress codes consisting of clothes of formality much less than those normally worn, including everything from [[dressing gown]]s, to, in their first few decades, [[lounge suit]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kent.edu/museum/exhibits/exhibitdetail.cfm?customel_datapageid_2203427=2268972| title = Of Men & Their Elegance | author=Kent State University Museum| year=2002|accessdate=2011-02-01}}</ref> In contrast, the term "overdress" can describe the wearing of clothing which is more formal than that normally worn in that situation, and can in fact be more revealing, as in the case of [[evening gown]]s or [[cocktail dress]]es.