Fashion In Sri Lanka

What to wear in Sri Lanka

It's a mix of Eastern and Western fashions. Young people invariabaly wear jeans and the author whouldn't be seen dead without his. Even older people sometimes choose to wear jeans. Teenagers and wear shorts and T-shirst as well.

To be really comfortable you should choose clothes made of cotton. Shirts should be light as possible. Bright sunshine during the day make dark colored clothing too warm. Sri Lankan's however are not particular about the color of their clothes unless it's for a formal gathering.
For office wear ladies choose Sarees, dresses or skirt and blouses. Men where shirt and trousers or the National dress. (white sarong and a white shirt that comes almost down to the knees). Business suits are hardly ever worn. Everyone will wear a tie though.

For the evenings and functions, gents don a suit or national dress for formal occasions. Ladies where dresses, or sarees.
At the beach (or anywhere else for that matter) nudism is taboo. The smallest of bikini is acceptable.

What is the Traditional Clothing in Sri Lanka?

Ancient Dress of Sri Lanka( TheTopless Saari)

Tradition of Wearing Saari among Young Girls

the traditional clothing of Sri Lanka is actually very interesting! The women (near the age of marrying or already married) normally wear saree's as traditional clothing. Little girls wear pavadai sattai which is pretty much a skirt with a design and a blouse. The aged girls (who have reached puberty) normally wear half sarre's which is like a saree but not fully, there would be a long scarf or cloth to put on your left shoulder and gets tucked in your skirt and it is like a pavadai sattai too! the men wear patta vetty which is a shirt and a long cloth which they wrap around their waist. or they may wear panjabi's which are very similar to women panjabi's. They are just a blouse which pants and a scarf. Pretty simple huh?

Saari In The Royal Fashion