Where to buy Arabic clothing

Seft · 3 Dec 2009 at 22:38

Hi,

I'm going to a middle-eastern themed party soon. I thought a thobe, agal and keffiyeh would do the trick, but I don't really know anything about this sort of attire. Can anyone tell me what I should be looking for and where I should go to buy this? Under £25 if possible

Thanks

fadetoblack · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:04

Middle east ; )

J1234 · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:12

eBay?

Or just put a bed sheet over your head and body and cut a slot for your eyes.

jamoor · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:15

dont tell me you're dressing up as a terroris.t

qqg3 · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:17

Chinos and a shirt?

Ref: Image of Mid-east street

Oh, we are going for uber stereotypes!

Dark_Angel · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:18

This thread has much potential...

[FnG]magnolia · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:20

The Daily Mail said:
SEND THEM BACK!!!

Oh, wait ... that doesn't work.

MehulLakhani · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:34

Woohoo Party !

K1LLSW1TCH · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:36

Justin said:
eBay?

Or just put a bed sheet over your head and body and cut a slot for your eyes.

LOL!

He's going as a terrorist, not a member of the Ku Klux Klan!

[FnG]magnolia · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:38

K1LLSW1TCH said:
LOL!

He's going as a terrorist, not a member of the Ku Klux Klan!

Is he? Where does it say that? :confused:

K1LLSW1TCH · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:39

[FnG]magnolia;15454728 said:
Is he? Where does it say that?

Calm down darling it's just a joke. :rolleyes:

mjt · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:39

your linen cupboard

CliffyBiro · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:41

Try something more inventive? There's gotta be a clever take on 'middle eastern'.

K1LLSW1TCH · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:43

Go as Saddam Hussein. Wear a military type green suit with some big aviators, a beret and a fake tash. Guaranteed that nobody else will go as that.

Chronictank · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:44

Seft said:
Hi,

I'm going to a middle-eastern themed party soon. I thought a thobe, agal and keffiyeh would do the trick, but I don't really know anything about this sort of attire. Can anyone tell me what I should be looking for and where I should go to buy this? Under £25 if possible

Thanks

Where about's do you live? I am sure there will be a store near you

All you really need is a 'kameez' or 'khameez' (the top half), and wear whatever bottoms you like

If you want to go all out stereotypical the headscarf is called a ' keffiyeh' or sometimes 'Shemagh'

It's kind of tricky to put it on arab style without the bit that ties around the top but you could wear it pashtan style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GZnOJ1aIuQ

slightly clearer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g_KLrx6SNY&NR=1

Any bandana/decorated tea towel will do really if it is big enough although you might get laughed at by real arabs if you wear the latter

I am not sure you want to go out and actually buy this stuff as some of the better ones are a bit pricey

[FnG]magnolia · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:48

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Calm down darling it's just a joke.

Damn you!

I was about to make a witty and very telling comment about the interchangeability of the two terms and then you went and ruined it! Curses.

Seft · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:50

skippi90 said:
Try something more inventive? There's gotta be a clever take on 'middle eastern'.

I did consider USMC desert camo

, but the host is genuinely rather fond of middle-eastern culture, so I thought that might be a tad insensitive.

Seft · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:52

Chronictank said:
Where about's do you live? I am sure there will be a store near you

Winchester. The curry house is about as ethnic as it gets here :/

Ziggy · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:53

Reported.

Seft · 3 Dec 2009 at 23:54

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Go as Saddam Hussein. Wear a military type green suit with some big aviators, a beret and a fake tash. Guaranteed that nobody else will go as that.

True, but that's as much Castro as Saddam.