Editing Casual Friday

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[[File:Casual Friday.jpg|thumb|A worker wearing [[ripped jeans]] to their office on a Casual Friday]]
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'''Casual Friday''' (also known as '''dress-down Friday''' or '''casual day''') is a [[Western dress code]] trend in which businesses relax their [[Social aspects of clothing#Private dress codes|dress code]] on Fridays. Businesses that usually require employees to wear [[suit]]s, [[dress shirt]]s, [[necktie]]s, and [[dress shoe]]s, may allow more casual or [[business casual]] wear on such days.

In 1994, 497 of the 1000 most important companies in America observed casual Friday, including [[General Motors]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], and [[IBM]].<ref>''Don't Thank the Boss for 'Casual Friday'; Men's Wear Angst'', in: ''New York Times'', July 26, 1994</ref>

The trend originated from [[Hawaii]]'s midcentury custom of [[Aloha Friday]] which slowly spread to [[California]], continuing around the globe until the 1990s when it became known as Casual Friday. Casual Friday began in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, when [[Hewlett-Packard]] allowed its employees to dress more casually on Friday and work on new ideas.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Shawn Malone |title=Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-59184-152-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMSH_wzyDaEC&dq=casual+friday+hewlett+packard&pg=PA132}}</ref>

In Hawaii, "Aloha Wear" is suitable business attire any day of the week, and the term "Aloha Friday" is generally used simply to refer to the last day of the [[workweek]].

[[Valerie Steele]] described the introduction of casual Friday as the most radical change in work fashion since the 70s, when women asked for the right to wear trousers in the office.<ref name=":1">Anne D'Innocenzio: ''Casual confusion: what to wear?'' in: ''WWD'', vol 169, n. 75, 19 April 1995, pp. 6–7.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Casual wear]]
** [[Business casual]]
** [[Smart casual]]
** [[Workwear]]
** [[Sportswear (fashion)|Sportswear]]
* [[Cool Biz campaign]]
* [[Workweek and weekend]]

== References ==
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*Moran, Malie; Pohlmann, Attila & Reilly, Andrew (2014) ''Honolulu Street Style''. [[University of Chicago Press]], ISSN 2047-0568, {{ISBN|978-1-78320-307-9}}; p.&nbsp;59.

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