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Brief knowledge of various events and their dressing styles

Brief knowledge of various events and dressing styles
Introduction to the events
Events create opportunities for people to connect with an area, spend time together, celebrate and experience
the diversity of cultures and foster creativity and innovation. Events contribute significantly to community building,
lifestyle and leisure enhancement, cultural development, tourism promotion and increased visitation, volunteer
participation, fundraising and economic development. Most importantly, events create a sense of fun and vibrancy,
resulting in a strong sense of community connectivity and pride.
Types of Events
Various events are as below
Cultural Celebrations
• Festivals
• Carnivals
• Commemorations
• Religious events
Political
• Summit
• Royal occasions
• Political events
• VIP visits
Arts and entertainment
• Concerts
• Award ceremonies
Business and trade
• Meeting , convention
• Consumer and trade shows
• Fairs ,markets
Educational and scientific
• Conferences
• Seminars
• Clinics
Sport competition
• Amateur/professional
• Spectator/participant
Recreational
• Sport or games for fun
• Private Events
• Weddings
• Parties
• Socials
• Business events and tourism
Dressing Style
It depends on the type of event. Example- For any type of celebration event party wear is used as per the specific
theme selecting colours, silhouettes and textures accordingly. For office, business and education pupose, formal
wear dressing style is used. For sports, stretchable and comfortable outfits are used as per the requirement of
particular sport type. For routine and leisure, casual dressing styles are used.

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