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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|date=September 2018}}

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 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 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813055124/http://www.cnn.com/STYLE/9901/13/vollyball.bikini/ |archivedatearchive-date=August 13, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This has led to [[Beach volleyball#Uniform controversy|some controversy]],<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.toxicclub.com/2015/controversy-over-women-athletes-shedding-their-clothes-in-field/ |title=Beach Volleyball dress shed controversy |year=1999}}</ref> and in 2012, more concealing clothing was permitted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/volleyball/9169429/London-2012-Olympics-female-beach-volleyball-players-permitted-to-wear-less-revealing-uniforms.html |title=London 2012 Olympics: female beach volleyball players permitted to wear less revealing uniforms |publisher=Telegraph |accessdateaccess-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> Similarly, organisers of some [[swimsuit competition]]s set a low maximum threshold for swimwear for contestants.

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 clothing|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]]).