Traditional clothing..

I made an observation today..

The GCC countries (UAE, Saudi, Qatar, etc..) are the only countries I know of where traditional clothing is worn to work as the formal clothing of choice by the nationals of those countries.

I know that in many many countries, when you go to weddings, traditional clothing is popular. But I can't think of a place where every person from that country wears the traditional clothes to work.

Does this happen anywhere else? Isn't it weird?

 

Dude, once you get used to it, you can never go back.

The other thing is weather. When it's so hot, it really helps to be wearing white sheets with open ventilation at the bottom.

I doubt that's the reason though. We're always in air conditioned areas, and comfort is not really an excuse.

 

Seriously?

How do they run if they have to catch someone??

Cops don't wear that in Dubai, though female cops that have desk jobs can wear the kinda-skirt uniform.

 

Aux contraire

Was discussing this with my brothers today and one of them was saying it might be anti-social and maybe even a bit backwards to not start doing what everyone else in the world is doing >> wear a suit. Part of the reason he believes this is that we wear formal sandals most of the time, rather than shoes. When I say sandals, I'm talking about stuff that is very formal, simple and made of leather >> not flip flops.

I completely agree with you though. As long as it is appropriate, I don't see why everyone should wear a suit? Why a suit? I'd rather have the option to do any. As long as some basic rules are in place.. for example, we don't wear very colorful stuff because someone might wear bright yellow and look like a giant banana.

One of my fav things about this clothing is that it's not expensive and it's always custom made. They take your measurements and you choose the material and the design every time. They usually cost between $50-$100.

 

It's called kandora, or dish dasha or thawb.

For most people who wear it, not really. I never really wore it growing up, so I struggled for a while. After a few months, I realized that you just have to improve your posture and make sure you get the perfect size (the round black thing on top).

lol there's a very common saying in the region. Once you can take a dump with that thing on your head, that's when you've mastered it.

Oh, a downside of the clothing is that you can't use a urinal.