In recent years, with the rapid development of the society, the economy and the culture, workwear design takes a big leap from satisfying the needs of specific work place into being an important carrier for personality expression, cultural inheritance, and social exchange. Costume design is being endowed with humanistic implication of inclusiveness and care. With the increasing demand for diversity and inclusiveness in society, costume design is turning from mono aesthetics into an integration of more adaptable functionality with esthetics. Contemporary workwear style is an ideal vehicle for Inclusive Design owing to its pragmatism, gender-neutral features and modular structure. From three aspects - social culture, functional aesthetics, and user needs - this research discusses how workwear styles may satisfy the needs of different body types, genders, ages, and ability groups through design innovation, and reconstruct their aesthetic value. First of all, this research investigates the theoretical correlation between inclusive design and workwear style, indicating that the functional details of workwear (e.g., adjustable waistline and barrier-free opening and closing design) and gender-neutral silhouettes (loose cuts, low saturation colors) naturally suit the goal of inclusiveness. Secondly, by way of case analysis and use survey, the mass acceptance of the workwear style and practical results of destratification in its cultural symbol are verified. It is found that contemporary workwear retains its practicality while expanding audience coverage through “functional aestheticization” (such as converting multiple pockets into decorative elements) and “gender-neutral visual strategies” (weakening gender symbols). Also, this research reveals that the contradictions in workwear inclusive design: On the one hand, modular structures may increase production costs; on the other hand, the “raw energy” appearance may be in conflict with the sophisticated aesthetics of some people. It is suggested that in the future, relevant smart technologies may be integrated into the sustainable design to further optimize the universality of inclusive workwear. This research provides a cross-analysis framework of “workwear style - inclusiveness” for the costume design industry, and emphasizes that aesthetic inclusiveness is not only about size expansion, but also about the reconstruction of cultural symbols. It thus has guiding significance for industry practice.

Inclusive Design, Workwear Style, Functional Aesthetics, Gender-Neutral Cutting, User Diversity