As time passed, kariginu came to be used as formal clothes, and became a formal dress for samurai of Jushiinoge jiju (Junior Forth Rank, Lower Grade Chamberlain) and shosidai (local governor) classes, next to hitatare (court dress).
その後、時代を経るに従って公服としての色彩を増し、直垂に継ぐ武家（従四位下侍従・所司代クラス）の礼服ともなった。