What sort of clothes do you wear?

[hareem01]

Re: What sort of clothes do you wear?

@Umer

Khawa is right about you not having to replace your wardrobe. Whatever is considered decent in the UK will work in the UAE too. Qatar is slightly more conservative but they don’t force any dress code on you either.

About the locals: Majority of them still wears the traditional black Abaya (mostly with ornaments on it) but will wear Western clothes (jeans, etc.) underneath. As for the men, most of them still wear the national dress even in business environments. There are some locals who have switched to pent/shirt but that is definitely not a majority.

Interestingly enough if a foreigner wear the local male dress outside his home, it is frowned upon in the UAE.

I don’t think my husband will be wearing the Qatari national dress…he has few Moroccan robes…guess he won’t be frowned upon for those?

And don’t the women feel hot with layers of clothing? (jeans and abaya)

Will I be frowned upon for wearing abaya (black or colourful)? I don’t look Qatari and I don’t look foreigner (if you mean white) either.