Hi all,

I've been invited to attend an awards ceremony and the dress code is mentioned as formal. I live in a middle eastern country and my parents don't really approve me wearing a dress. Would it be appropriate to wear a long skirt dress in black or a saree? Or would it better if I jus wore a work pantsuit?

Sorry if the question sounds stupid... am jus not used to western dress codes and etiquette's!

tickle

It is perfectly acceptable to wear what your culture perceives as 'formal wear'; a long skirt dress in black, or a saree, would be appropriate.

Fr_Chuck

What ever is "formal" and acceptable as formal in your county is what you can wear.

dontknownuthin

Whatever you would wear comfortably within your own culture to a formal affair is appropriate and there is a lot of leeway in particular for women. A sari would be lovely and appropriate for just about any Western (American, European) event I can imagine and a longer dress would also be entirely appropriate. A pantsuit would be ok if it's very dressy but a work-type pantsuit would not be adequately formal for the event you are describing.

Altenweg

A sari would be perfect. I went to an East Indian wedding a few years back and dressed like I normally would. All the relatives and allot of the friends wore the traditional sari, boy did I feel under dressed, some of the saris were more gorgeous than the wedding gown.

justcurious55

i have to admit, i have a lot of friends from the middle east and i'm totally jealous of their sari's. i think they're sooo gorgeous.