To avoid unwanted attention, dirty looks and upsetting innocent passers by, dress modestly. As for keeping your shoulders covered, use your discretion. If in doubt, keep a small cardigan or wrap in your bag to throw over your shoulders if you start to feel uncomfortable or are asked to cover up. In fact, winters in Kuwait can get quite chilly and the sudden drop in temperature at the end of the year can leave you shivering.
Make sure you pack a least a few warm jumpers, scarves, winter jackets and boots. As a woman, if you want to earn respect, you shouldn't show cleavage, or have bare shoulders, or wear skirts or shorts that are above the knee level. On the whole, it is best to dress in loose light-weight clothing without much skin show.
Your skirts and sleeves need to be on the long side. If you should wear shorts, wear capris or long walking shorts. Loose linen-cotton trousers or decent length skirts and tops with short sleeves are just fine. Tanktops are not recommended either. A normal tshirt that is not too tight and with normal sleeves should be fine. However, you definitely need not cover your hair or your face. In Kuwait, it is also important to know that suits are rarely worn, and is usually worn only if you want to attend a very important meeting or other social events.
When in the office, shirts are normally taken as a standard wear, but they have to be long-sleeved, complimented with a tie and long trousers. Women should stay away from wearing any revealing or tight-fitting clothing to avoid giving in to offence.
The skirts should cover the knee and sleeves should cover the elbow and fasten at the neck. Light-weight business suits are appropriate for men and women. On formal occasions, a man usually wears a bisht over his favorite dishdasha. That is a sleeveless cloth that hangs from the shoulders.
It can be made from cotton or from wool. When it comes to the accessories, men usually wear only watches. Black abaya is a long, black dress for women, which covers their clothing underneath and the Muslim women wear it often. You should make a difference between hijab and niqab. It is up to the woman if she will wear the abaya, hijab or niqab.
It is not a must in Kuwait, but it is a must in Islam Kuran requires that you cover yourself. On special occasions, a Daraa may be covered with a decorated dress a thobe. But, for daily ordinary outings, the abaya is very popular. It is interesting that Kuwaiti women are always wearing nice clothing, and they wear makeup almost every day. Kids are also fashionable.
Boys wear a normal dress every day. During Eid or Ramadan, for example, boys are wearing traditional clothes. Mothers usually want their children to wear cute dishdashas. Small girls wear a routined dress on a daily basis, but on special occasions they wear daraas. They look pretty, cute and elegant. Kuwaiti men wear a dishdasha, a full-length robe with a centre opening. This traditional costume style has not changed in the past 14 centuries as it suites the climate.
An Indian tailor introduced the front button fastening and buttoned cuffs on the collar in the 20th century. At times, the dishdasha makes the wearer look stylish.
Generally, men do not accessorise and would only wear a watch. Many Kuwaiti women wear their traditional dress, a full-length long-sleeved black abaya which covers their clothing underneath. The hair and neck is also traditionally covered with a hijab and some additionally wear a black veil or burqa which covers the entire face. However, the choice to wear the abaya and hijab fall to the woman and her family and many Kuwaiti women choose not to wear either.
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