Shorts or Pants???

htid

Thanks for the replies everyone

Neeli, I haven't a clue who Joey Buttafucco is Thanks for the link to the shops in Cochin - first day I'll be off there! Something like this would be perfect! The only thing is someone said earlier that finding sizes to fit may be a problem, so I hope I find something.

As for the tailor option, I would probably do that, buy 1 pair from FabIndia/take a pair and then get him to copy them, the only thing is with only being in Cochin 3 days before moving on, will a tailor have time? I suspect not.

Aishah

Tailors are amazing - for a little extra they will whip up your article and have it ready by the end of the day. Normal price and it will be ready maybe the day after, or a couple of days after..

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puchoo

Tailors also have this irritating habit of giving you a time frame and then delaying it.....so if you decide to give it please make sure they will deliver it on time...for us it just means another trip...for you it would mean the work remaining incomplete or you having to leave it...

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if it helps - my brother wore travel pants with the zip off legs. One of the men wore shorts in Delhi and was asked at a temple to cover up - they had a wrap for him there. It was not big deal. When on the trains in AC1, our bunk mates were always dressed perfectly/beautifully, but on the streets, we were thankful for dressing down. In fact, brought clothes that we could throw out then picked up shirts etc on the way thru markets.
We both always dressed modestly, not just because we did not want to stand out, but out of respect for the culture. It takes little effort.

the opoponax

At Fabindia, unless you are morbidly obese, it probably won't. Their sizes are about consistent with what would be available in the west, for both men and women. I wore the same size there that I do at home, in fact in some other stores I went down a size.

The problem isn't so much not fitting into Indian clothes (at least not at boutiques like Fabindia), but with not finding what you want in a particular size. Probably more an issue for picky women like myself than for your typical guy shopper. I'd see something really cute, try it on, want the same thing in a bigger or smaller size, and they wouldn't have it. Or the cut would be perfect but the color was ugly, and that was the only color they had. Part of the reason I started buying kurtas to match the pants I brought from home is that I had the annoying habit of finding a kurta I loved and then discovering that none of the salwar on offer matched it!

This is compared to a shop like Gap in the US where they carry every style in multiple colors and patterns, in the full size run, in every shop. And if something is meant to be worn with a certain type of clothing, a matching item will be available in the same shop.

NeeliAankhen

Yes, there is a kind of myth that "Indians are smaller" than westerners - half true, as I would say there are vastly more small women than there are in the west (by which I mean small-boned, short stature, like five feet tall) -- but there are also lots of people of all sizes, and clothes for them to buy too. Same goes for men - I'd guess the numerical average height is shorter than say England's, but plenty of big guys around as well.

I also wore the same size I do at home in FabIndia (sizes are of the Small Medium Large etc type mostly, not numbered sizes), and in addition I noticed the availability of sizes going up bigger than you sometimes find in the US, or at any rate that you sometimes find in the same store location as SML clothes.

I think there was XL after L, and then a set of shelves that displayed things bigger than that with some kind of nice title like "comfrotably roomy" or something - I remember noting it.

I now want to see what OP buys, ideally photographed on him, but even photographed on a hanger. Maybe we need an Indian Style Photos section where we can admire each other's India wardrobe additions.

educational:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Buttafuoco

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...nt=fire fox-a

htid

I think I'll be OK with clothes sizes, I'm a small, only 5 foot 7 and pretty thin, so I should be fine.

Thanks for the links.

barefoot4kids

I would go to Goodwill and try to find a pair of cool linen pants. No white pants unless you plan to star in a Bollywood video! The lined pants I scored are fabulous. Only place I saw shorts was Goa.