On the front cover are images of two men. The one on the left (before) is wearing a Hawaiian shirt, ripped shorts, a baseball cap, and has a fanny pack. The guy on the right (after) has a sports jacket, nice shoes, and a cool looking cap.
Needless to say, I favor the look of the person on the right.
This past Friday my son Kyle and I were visiting colleges. After the requisite tour and information session, I asked him if I could duck into a Gap to pick up some clothes for my Istanbul vacation. Other than the clothes that I wear for school, I have very little other than, well, Hawaiian shirts. I could easily drift into the look of the "before dude." The guy at Gap helped me out, and now I own a few more items in black. It seems as if men in Europe wear black more than anything else. Even so, I think that for most of my time at the symposium I will dress as I would at school.
I have heard that the streets of Istanbul are full of vendors pushing stuff at tourists. They can spot you a block away, or so I have heard. I would like to dress so that I have an extra few seconds up on the vendors. Let them spot me a half a block away.
By the way, the pamphlet on dress etiquette also has a section on how women should wear the head scarf known as the hijab in conservative Islamic countries. I have heard that Turkey (and especially Istanbul) is the most open in the Muslim world. I'll report what I see in terms of dress.
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