Editing Dress code (section)

===Academic dress===
{{main|Academic dress}}
{{see also|Burgon Society|Groves classification system}}
[[File:King's College London academic dress designed by Vivienne Westwood.jpg|thumb|[[Academic dress of King's College London]] in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer [[Vivienne Westwood]]]]

Academic dress is a traditional form of [[clothing]] for [[academia|academic]] settings, mainly [[tertiary education|tertiary]] (and sometimes [[secondary schools|secondary]]) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a [[university degree]], or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate students at certain old universities).<ref>[[George Shaw (academic dress scholar)|Shaw, George W.]] (1995), ''Academical Dress of British and Irish Universities''. Chichlester: Philmore & Co. Ltd. {{ISBN|0-85033-974-X}} p. 3.</ref> It is also known as academical dress,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/noelcox/Introduction.htm|title=Cox, N. (2000). Academical dress in New Zealand.|access-date=12 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114024604/http://www.reocities.com/noelcox/Introduction.htm|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> or academic regalia.