The word "attire" is correct and usable in written English. It can be used to refer to the clothing that someone is wearing, or to clothing that is generally suitable for a particular occasion. Example: She arrived at the party in her finest attire.
And, parts of London, there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound seriously anyone who doesn't dress according to religious Muslim attire.
This policing of women's bodies starts early, and when young women are told repeatedly that their attire is linked to their worth, they fall prey to the unrelenting standards of capitalist patriarchy in which they are made to feel as though their appearance is the most important aspect of them as women.
Unlike many parts of the country where women have shed traditional regional attire, the women of Qeshm and Hormuz mostly wear the colourful bandari pants, loose at the top and tight at the bottom with vibrant embroidery.
And it is the significance of clothing in relation to a specific culture that makes me uncomfortable with the casual adoption of traditional attire for "an occasion".
Party like its the dark ages at this historic new year festival, during which men dressed in pagan attire march whisky barrels filled with flaming tar across the town square.
It feels too nonchalant, somehow, too lacking in respect for the rich heritage and language of such attire.
In early 20th century, shorts emerged exclusively as attire for boys: boys in "short trousers", instead of knickerbockers, began appearing in photos in the 1920s.
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Simone Ivan Conte
Software Engineer at Adobe, UK