Most of my friends and family are curious about what I wear every day here in Dhaka. Sadly, I am not very a very interesting fashion model here, as I spend most of my days in the house polishing my dissertation. On those occasions when I venture out, I am wearing my American clothes, and being fiercely stared at for the oddity. However, I do _know_ the dress code, I just haven’t found anything built for the giant (average-sized American) that I am, and haven’t taken the plunge for custom clothes as everyone else seems to do. Since I’m trying to start working full time soon, I’ll have to jump in that pool, though. Jeans and t-shirts just won’t cut it.
So, for the round-up which I am hosting this week, I’ve chosen a theme of “What (Not) to Wear.” Tell us your stories of fashion faux-pas, or take pics of the locally acceptable ensembles. Is your post a culture of little black dresses? Blazers that throw-back to the 1980s? Abayas? Fur-lined hoods? Space-suits? Are there things you wear inside, but not out, as we do here in Dhaka? Is your wardrobe full of exotic things from previous posts that you don’t want to throw away?
I’m excited to hear about the clothing cultures we all experience, so bring on the posts!
Neko and Panda's 
This is an old post so I’ll of course understand if you don’t want to use it, but I thought it could be helpful to those gearing up to start A-100: http://www.travelorders.com/2010/02/25/dresscode/
If I have time, I’ll put together a post later this week about my struggle with work-appropriate maternity clothes… I’ll let you know!
This is a clothing post I wrote this week but I am not sure if it is what you are looking for. http://smallbitsfs.blogspot.com/2010/12/no-socks.html
And this one is an old one but it made me laugh until I cried. So wanted to pass it on just in case you wanted it
http://fourglobetrotters.blogspot.com/2010/10/pant-suits-are-where-its-at-yo.html
Thanks for hosting the round up! Good luck!