In graduation ceremonies, participants are required to wear graduation dresses. The graduation gown has been the traditional dress for graduation from high school and college in the US at least as far back as the early 1800s.
Graduation Hats
Some universities allow students to wear a top hat with a graduation gown. This graduation dress code is often enforced for graduates who are receiving honorary degrees such as at graduation commencement ceremonies.
The graduation gown has been the traditional dress for graduation from high school and college in the US at least as far back as the early 1800s.
Some graduation ceremonies, such as those at Yale University and Harvard University, have distinctive graduation dresses, which can include a coloured cap and/or gown and other accessories such as a stole or tassel.
The graduation hat is usually worn only by those receiving honorary degrees. The traditional graduation hat was, and in many graduation ceremonies, it still is an old-fashioned mortarboard. This symbolise that the graduate has received instruction by the school’s instructors (the “masters”, so to speak). In US graduation gowns often have a flat square piece of cardboard called a tassel suspended from the graduation cap. It is also known as a “mortarboard”. The graduation cap is usually a square.
Graduation Caps
Graduation Caps are usually worn only by those receiving honorary degrees. The traditional graduation hat was, and in many graduation ceremonies, it still is an old-fashioned mortarboard. This symbolises that the graduate has received instruction by the school’s instructors (the “masters”, so to speak). In US graduation gowns often have a flat square piece of cardboard called a tassel suspended from the graduation cap. It is also known as a “mortarboard”. The graduation cap is usually a square.
Dress Codes
A few universities have graduation caps and graduation gowns in the university’s colours.
Graduation Gowns usually come in a few standard colours, with some schools requiring that students wear caps and others not wearing caps.
Graduation Gowns for graduation ceremonies come in a few standard colours:
* Black graduation gowns for graduation from high school and college.
* White graduation gowns for graduation from medical school, law school, and some other health profession schools.
* Purple graduation gowns for graduation from certain theological seminaries, such as Theological Studies, and graduation from Seminaries.
Graduation Caps and graduation gowns can be found in different types of fabrics, such as Knit graduation dresses, Cotton graduation dresses, Polyester graduation dresses, wool graduation dresses or Silk graduation dresses.
Universities and Schools
The graduation dress code for universities varies from school to school and sometimes even from graduation ceremony to graduation ceremony. For some schools, the graduation dress code is dictated by school tradition, while for others it has changed significantly over time.
Some graduation ceremonies, such as those at Yale University and Harvard University, have distinctive graduation dresses, which can include a coloured cap and/or gown and other accessories such as a stole or tassel.
The graduation dress code for some schools can be quite complicated and may even vary from graduation ceremony to graduation ceremony, as the graduation dress code for universities varies from school to school and sometimes even from graduation ceremony to graduation ceremony. Some graduation ceremonies, such as those at Yale University and Harvard University, have distinctive graduation dresses that include a coloured graduation cap and/or graduation gown, which can include other accessories such as a stole or tassel.
Conclusions
So in conclusion graduation dress code is often enforced for graduates who are receiving honorary degrees such as at graduation commencement ceremonies.
The graduation gown has been the traditional dress for graduation from high school and college in the US, but most graduation hats have been replaced with graduation caps. Graduation Dresses, which can include a coloured graduation cap and/or graduation gown and other accessories such as a stole or tassel, are often worn by graduates at graduation commencement ceremonies in the US.
