Editing Dress code (section)

===Europe===
{{See also|Western dress codes|Sumptuary laws|English medieval clothing}}
From the seventh through the ninth centuries, the European [[royal family|royalty]] and [[nobility]] used a dress code to differentiate themselves from other people. All classes generally wore the same clothing, although distinctions among the social hierarchy began to become more noticeable through ornamented garments. Common pieces of clothing worn by peasants and the working class included plain [[tunic]]s, cloaks, jackets, pants, and shoes. According to rank, embellishments adorned the collar of the tunic, waist or border. Examples of these decorations included, as [[James Planché]] states, "gold and silver chains and crosses, bracelets of gold, silver or ivory, golden and jeweled belts, strings of amber and other beads, rings, brooches, [and] buckles".<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=History of British Medieval Costume: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. C. Cox.|last=Planché|first=J. R.|year=1847|pages=28, 32–35}}</ref> The nobility tended to wear longer tunics than the lower social classes.<ref name=":1" />

While dress codes of modern-day Europeans are less strict, there are some exceptions. It is possible to ban certain types of clothing in the workplace, as exemplified by the [[European Court of Justice]]’s verdict that "a ban on Islamic headscarves at work can be lawful."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=8b582c90-97f7-48cc-855c-af52f8edf4d7|title=Dress Codes and Religious Symbols at Work in the EU {{!}} Lexology|last1=Langdon|first1=Vedder Price PC-Esther|last2=Maude|first2=Jonathan|website=www.lexology.com|date=June 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref>