CASUAL WEARS VS FORMAL WEARS

By Benedict Sandra

Many people find it diffiult to pick an outfit for formal occassions as they can't tell the difference between casual wears and formal wears.

Casual wear refers to the clothes we use for everyday wear. You want to dress better in your everyday activity but you don't want to go over top with your dressing most style advice revolves around suiting you.

This style emphasises on comfort, relaxation, and informality. It includes a wide range of clothes and styles. Casual dressing gives first place to personal expression and comfort over formality and conformity.
Casual wears includes; Tee-shirts (polo shirts, turtlenecks, etc.), jeans, jackets, , hoodies, summer dresses, skirts, ,  and sandals are examples for casual wear.


Sportswear, clothes worn for manual labour also falls under casual wear. It can be worn when you are going on trips, shopping, and casual outings with friends. This style is also worn by high school and college students unless the schools don’t have a specific uniform.

Casual wear is usually made from materials such as cotton, jersey, denim, polyesterCasual wear is not made from expensive and dressy materials such as chiffon, brocade, and velvet. Casual wear should not be worn for ceremonial events, parties, weddings and other formal events, business meetings or to work (in offices).

FORMAL WEAR

Formal wear are clothing that is suitable for formal events such as ceremonial events, weddings, balls, formal dinners, etc. Formal wear is mostly worn at formal dances, and entertainment industry award programs.

Although most people associate black tie with formal wear, the satirically proper dress code for formal wear is white tie for evening and morning dress for daytime. Women are supposed to wear ball gowns or formal evening (floor length) gowns.

Uniforms such as formal military uniforms, law court dress, academic and graduate dress are also considered as formal wears.

Knowing the difference between casual wears and formal wears is an essential knowledge when styling one self. It easier and better as it helps you know what to wear to suit the occasion.