Tashkent - Post Report Question and Answers

What is the typical dress code at work and in public places? Is formal dress ever required?

Men wear dress pants and shoes most of the time. - Aug 2022


Business/business casual at the embassy. Public ranges from traditional garments to western clothing. Women wear shorts and sleeveless shirts, just nothing too short or revealing. If you travel outside of Tashkent, things get much more conservative. - Sep 2018


All local school kids wear a uniform of white shirt and black pants or skirt. Suits and ties, skirts and heels are worn in the workplace. Weddings are very formal, dressy, shiny affairs.

It's a Muslim country, so moderate modesty of women is appreciated, like, no cleavage, no short shorts. - Aug 2018


At work, suits. In public, casual. - Aug 2014


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