A dress (also known

as a of
frock
Types
dress
or a gown) is a garment
consisting of a skirt with an
dress
attached bodiceTrade
(or a matching
bodice giving the effect of a onedress is a legal term of
piece garment).Trade
In Western
generally refers to
culture, dressesart
arethat
usually
characteristics
of the visual
considered to be items of
appearance
women's and girls'
apparel.of a product or its
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of Salts
design
packaging
(or
even the
of
a
building)
that
signify
of

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hemline
dresses
can
be
as the
source
ofor
the
to
high
as the
upper
as product
low

thigh

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consumers.
Trade
dress
as the
ground, depending
on
the
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is a
form
intellectual property.
whims of fashion
andofthe
:

modesty or personal taste of the
In the U.S., like trademarks, a
wearer.[1]

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products
trade dress
() protected

.2
by the Lanham
Act,
the
federal statute
)
.3 which
regulates trademarks
and trade
(
dress.[2] Trade dress protection
is intended to protect


consumers from packaging or

of
:
appearance
products that

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are designed to imitate other

products;

to prevent
a
consumer
from
buying one

product under the belief that it
is another.[3] For example, the
shape, color, and arrangement

19th century

Usage

In Europe and the Americas,

Dresses increased dramatically to
dresses are worn by females of all
the hoopskirt and crinolineages as an alternative to a separate
supported styles of the 1860s; then
skirt and blouse or trousers.
fullness was draped and drawn to
the back. Dresses had a "day"
can be cooler
bodice with a highDresses
necklinehowever
and
and"evening"
less confining than many
long sleeves, and an
trouser
styles, and are therefore
bodice with a low neckline
commonly
worn in warmer
(decollete) and very short sleeves.
weather.
Throughout this period, the length
In most
varieties
of fashionable dresses
varied
only of formal dress
codes
in
Western
slightly, between ankle-length and cultures, a dress
floor-sweeping.[2] of an appropriate style is
mandatory for women. They are
also very popular for special
occasions such as proms or
weddings.[3] For such occasions
they remain the de facto standard
attire for most women.
Dresses can be worn for a number
of sports - most notably tennis,
netball and figure skating. Their
traditional status as formal wear
has carried over into ballroom
dancing, where they are the
garment worn by most female