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Hyderabad is a thickly populated metropolis, and drawing attention to yourself with overly revealing clothes or fashions would hardly be wise for any traveller.
This does not mean that you should avoid packing one or two nice ensembles, of course. There may well be some restaurants or other establishments you shall be interested in going to that require patrons to come in nice dress, although they rarely mandate formal clothing—semi-formal is more common, so there is not really a need to bring a tux for the men. Other than that little provision, knowing what to wear in Hyderabad is a simple matter of finding clothes in which you can walk around comfortably and without experiencing too much sweating in a warm, densely populated area.
I do wear spagetti straps in some areas. In Bombay and the nice areas of Delhi, but not in the smaller towns. This is incredibly helpful! Are strappy heels appropriate if worn with silk pants and a blouse? I have some flowy cocktail dresses that come to my knees, but they are sleeveless. Any suggestions? In my experience, the south is more conservative. Yes, strappy heels are fine and I think that the cocktail dress sounds okay- just take a silk scarf to drape over just in case no one else is showing shoulders.
There are traditional blouses in India that are sleeveless, but it just depends how form-fitting your dress is. And women in india do wear form-fitting dresses- a lot in the big cities especially. I have read many travel blogs and I have only just started to devour yours, but this is by far the best page on what to dress.
I am a very visual person and love that you placed photos to help give me an idea of what to wear! I forgot to ask! Can I purchase skirts like the ones in the photos easily is Delhi? Or should I bring them from home. Best to bring everything! Awesome post! I really suffer from the heat, and I will be traveling through Rajastan in march. What would you recomend? Ooo and one mroe question…how about a long flowy skirt that is kind of transparent towars the bottom but has a slip mid-thigh length?
That would be ok for Goa for sure and Bombay nightlife, as well as Delhi nightlife if you go with a group via cab. I know I am going to love India. I am taking a sunrise yoga class with Karan Singh. Have you ever met this man and do you know of him? I ask because he is the 5 attraction in Jodhpur on TripAdvisor. Also, wondering if it is ok to wear stretchy yoga pants in the context of doing yoga… What do you think? Thank you Rachel!
I hope you are having the time of your life in Goa : Namaste. The volunteer work will be in a rural area in Northern India. Great blog btw! Hi for volunteer and rural, you should dress completely covered! But you can also wear not tight fitting jeans with tops that are long enough to cover your bum. Hey Rachel! I just read a website that cautioned more conservative dress for both men and women, so I wanted to know if it would it be weird for him to wander around India in cargo shorts?
Thankx for the ideas. This is such a helpful post! Is there a place where you can play a little dress up? You can wear a shawl with that also. That should be appropriate dress anywhere. Remember that you will get more attention than Indian girls however you dress. Thank you for sharing your ideas. India is growing and tourist country. People love their tradition and we should follow them. Just found your blog, and I am so glad I did!
Thanks so much for this post, I have been freaking out and with 2 days til I leave for Kanartaka I had a heap of shorts and no pants! So am buying a few loose pants and pairing with some normal tshirts! We are visiting rural areas so I have scarf to drape over me.
Great to see a positive post! Luckily, the baba style pants are very in style in the west now. Gonna be in Tiruvannimali for 2 weeks then flying up to Rishikesh for another 2 week… in February.. Completely different regions….
How would you dress here… and for the traditional clothing… should I buy before or find a tailor? You can even wear cotton maxi skirts with a t shirt and a little silk scarf — you can by scarves there very cheap to spruce up outfits and cover your chest. Any advice for our 12 -year old daughter? Can she wear shorts?
In Bangalore she could probably wear shorts, but not the other places. I spent a month in India, although I was based in the north and Rajasthan area. But throughout my trip I met people from all areas of India and most importantly all ages. I was intrigued to understand their mentality towards women. For one the boys as a generalisation all of whom i asked especially the young teenagers without education do infact believe that if a woman is dressed in a certain way, whatever happens to her is her own fault.
The educated people who i only truly got to talk to properly was when i was travelling by train, they themselves explained the situation was horrific and that only in probably the next 20 years since the law for education being mandatory has been implemented, only then will India see a real change towards the attitude. With programmes featuring numerous rape scenes or pure violence towards women.
I think that the TV has a huge role to play in the mindset of the population. But ye. Yet when i was only there one month and got an opinion from a completely different angle. Lots of people blame Bollywood. I think the ONLY person to blame is the man. In fact, just yesterday I read that they banned lingerie on mannequinns in shops to help stop the rape crisis… to me, they need to just stop the man, by educating him.
Thanks for you opinion though and thanks for stopping by to read and comment! As an Indian who was born and raised in India and have also lived in the US and Canada for a couple of decades now I think there are as always a number of factors in the attitude of men towards women in India. This is particularly so in North India where invaders typically came, looted and pillaged as well as raped women.
And even in white collar America where the men wear a veneer of respectability. What is different in India is there is no tradition of practices like dating, proms etc. This is one issue which has prevented young men and women from getting together, dating etc. Regardless, dating has become an important part of social life in major metropolitan cities in India. Another issue is that pornography from the west has for decades been coming from the west, U. These movies have definitely had an impact on Indian men who have almost always had arranged marriages and the majority of women have been homemakers.
It is changing but even now the majority of Indian women continue to be homemakers. Women in India, like everywhere else in the world, have traditionally been treated as second class citizens. This has meant that Indian men have looked outside the home for sex, and their perspective about western women in particular, esp. This, in my opinion, is the root cause for the behavior of men in India and how they view women.
I think outside of God however, one defines it there is nothing in the world that can be attributed solely to one cause. If this was the case there would be no dress codes e. I say this in response to the question of Indian women baring their midriffs all over the place, but not below the knee. Compared to North America, and the U.
For e. But try doing that in the U. Barring obesity, injuries and a few other issues, what is indecent about the human body? Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. I agree that stares and attention will happen if you dress inappropriately which is why I give the tips on how to dress less revealing , my comment about the only one to blame being men is in regards to rape, not staring and attention..
Women get raped because a man rapes them, period. The way a woman dresses, or behaves or whatever does not cause rape. It is only due to psychological factors of the rapist that leads to rape and i do not wish to go into all that. Staring is a very annoying thing people do, but they do it everywhere in the world, not just in india.
You would know since you have traveled much more than i have. Dear Birajk, When a woman or a female child is screaming and crying, but a man still continue to penetrate her to satisfy his desire, only cause of rape is the men. A child being raped in proper clothing in any part of the world. How do we explain that? Only Cause of the rape is men. Indian men the ones in small towns and villages are not educated in this aspect.
Respect the culture, while being true to yourself. Further south and warmer , flowing skirts that cover my knees or capri pants with kurtis style shirts work well. Hope that helps! Thank you for this interesting and informative page about dressing in India. I am going to India on my first ever visit in October, and I have been doing some research about visiting as a solo female traveller, and have been noting how to dress.
I found this and your other pages about India informative and balanced, which is really useful. I was wondering, is this generally OK, or would it be better to find something a bit longer? Another thing I do, is tie a sweater around my waist.
It covers my bum and just looks baggy and not sexy haha. Hi Dana, yes I think people would find it odd : you can wear a casual indian dress called salwar kameez. Hi Rachel. I just found your blog today. Thanks GOD i found u. Thanks for your information rachel I just found your blog and I have to say that I am so thankful! I will be a mostly solo female traveler, and as you can imagine, I have heard many stories about what happens to women traveling alone — none of them good.
I actually own the harem-style pants from Express mentioned in the comments, so I know I can wear them with a longer blouse. Hey Rachel, I found your article on Pinterest.
When I would visit the clothing markets Crawford, Mangaldas during fashion school, I would wear a comfortable tunic that covered my hips, with fitted denims. Then if I was going out with my friends and was taking a taxi, I would wear a dress or a skirt any length , but if I was taking an auto, I would pay more attention to the length and carry a cardigan or a scarf as well. And if I was travelling with my parents, I would wear whatever the hell I wanted. India is such a country, that no matter what you wear, you may get stared at.
But they will look down on you if you do the same in Western clothes. The links below the tank tops are also long skirts. Couple questions about your suggestions : jeans?? Do jeans hold up against the heat well? I have been traveling in Malaysia wearing some Harem pants like you suggested and getting near faint because of the heat and I imagine India would be worse! Do jeans and hear not bother you there? Treebo derives its name from "Bo Tree", the fig tree under which Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment.
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