All,
I've searched around the forum but can't find another post to help me out with this. I'm traveling to the UAE for work for the next 2 months (leaving this weekend) and I'll need to wear suit and tie each day. I've also been told that I should wear shirts with French cuffs if I want to be respected. So anyways, I own three suits that I'll be taking (plain black with a slight pattern, black with white pen-stripes, and navy blue) and I have bought 6 shirts with french cuffs, as well as a few extra ties. Is this sufficient? I haven't worn suits to work before, so I'm trying to figure out how to do the whole mix and match thing to make more combinations. I'll probably also be taking some of my regular dress shirts (no french cuffs) which I'm hoping to wear sometimes, as long as I see other folks at the office wearing them. Money isn't really an issue as I've only spent $150 so far (I spent too many hours at an outlet mall yesterday), and my company has given me a bonus to offset my clothing costs. I also have some gift cards to Brooks Brothers that I bought with hotel points (I wouldn't buy Brooks Brothers unless it was "free").
Anyways, to recap:
1. Am I going to be fine with:
1.a. Three suits, as described above?
1.b. 6 french cuff dress shirts and ties to go with three suits?
1.c. 3 additional dress shirts that may not be wearable due to client office attire?
2. And less related:
2.a. Any additional suggestions with the UAE? I'm going to be in Abu Dhabi, specifically.
2.b. Any suggestions on where I should go on some of the weekends? I have a nice per diem and I'll be able to expense some of my flight costs if I travel elsewhere on the weekends.
2.c. Does anyone live/work there and want to meet up???
Thanks for all the help!!
Ballin