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The brand of your suit doesn’t matter, you just want something that fits well, you can get good navy/dark gray suits made for you for reasonable prices in Dubai

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Saville Row in JBR is a good shop as are Stallion, Parmar, and the two places in the DIFC. You can get a bespoke suit for a few hundred bucks depending on fabric etc.

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If you’re male then same dress code you’d wear to most client sites in the US/UK i.e., dress pants and a button down. Maybe a jacket depending on your level and how formal the clients are. No tie these days at most places.

Brands - people use all sorts but mostly we have same outlets that you’d find at a mall in the UK or US. Again depending on level you might find people wearing Boss suits or other more affordable ones.

Apple watches totally fine (unless you’re at a sensitive client I’d imagine)

For females slightly different maybe if you’re working in Saudi but other than that it would be the same dress code as at most clients in US/UK. Just make sure to err on the side of being conservative but I’ve rarely seen any dresses in the US/UK consulting world that wouldn’t be fine in the Middle East (bar Saudi) either.

Lastly, make sure you ask people at your office. I always ask my team when traveling to a client site for the first time.

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You need to buy a wool jacket for the cold, otherwise you should be fine

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😂. I wish it’s that simple. Lol

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