Comments on: Q&A: What to Wear in Spain during the Summer

By: CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:39:19 +0000

Do not wear short shorts in cities like Madrid or Barcelona. It is inappropriate. My girlfriend was “cat called” constantly, and mistaken for a hooker. She was called a “Jinetera”, which is not a compliment, and was even refused service at a bank.

By: Deepa

Deepa — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:37:57 +0000

I have recently been to Barcelona.( 1 week ago)It was very hot and most of them were wearing shorts.I do not know whether they were tourists or Spanish.I did not take any shorts after reading about the dress code in Barcelona but decided to buy one to blend with the crowd.It was summer sale time and I could find mostly shorts and short skirts only .( no medium or long skirts).Very surprising considering the reviews I had seen before.

By: mtngil

mtngil — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:34:36 +0000

Much of what is written is for women. What do men mostly wear? Jeans [what color blue/blk], khakis, sandals, knit shirts, evening [slacks, khakis, black], sneakers/shoes?

By: marta leonard

marta leonard — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:34:06 +0000

Help. My husband and I are leaving for San Sebastian and Barcelona this Sat. 4th of July. It’ll be raining in S.S. Anybody been there in July. Men’s fashion trends now? Would I need warme clothes, raincoat for evening? Is it true that peope in SS dress in a more fashionable way?
Thanks Marta

By: ann

ann — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:09:13 +0000

Do people wear short shorts often? Or should I leave that to the beach?

By: bebelastrange

bebelastrange — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:51:44 +0000

Moral of the story:
The most important thing is dressing your age & body type w/comfort in mind of your daily activities.

xxb

By: bebelastrange

bebelastrange — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Dushi:
TOTALLY glad you wrote this… to clear the air b/c i’m not sure how old some of these peps are but i’m 25 and have travel Europe… going to Madrid next…
This world is so global and i would imagine the fashion is the same as any other city in europe ie: Athens - Paris - Rome
Everyone trys to tell you how different other city peps dress… in reality its pretty much the same…
Some peps dress fashionable… like i try to do w/ comfort…
Others feel the need to be 100% tourist.
REMEMBER you are gonna tak elots of pics so dress cute & not like a tourist!

By: Nuria

Nuria — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:36:15 +0000

It´s such fun to read this as I´m spanish!
I´ve recently traveled and been to Fuerteventura, Madrid and Zaragoza, and definitely you´ll see lots of short dresses, gladiators and many other sandals, leggings, flats…
I susbscribe the advice of leaving room in the suitcase to buy lovely clothes and shoes.
Have a nice holiday in Spain!

By: Doshi

Doshi — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:37:42 +0000

Also, there were a lot of maxi length sun dresses and skirts.

Most of the girls had on tissue weight tanks with long skirts and gladiator sandals (think Woodstock). I saw knee length and shorter skirts but with bubble type hem

By: Doshi

Doshi — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:30:22 +0000

I just came back from a trip to Barcelona, San Sebastian and Madrid yesterday and most of the “advice” I got was so off. The statement that “Spaniards dress more formally” is not true and vague as the styles differ so much by region. Also, no one was in black.

I saw a LOT of capri-length and long harem type pants (there were even shorts with harem type hems), skinny jeans, and shirts and summer dresses in very light and breezy fabrics. Most everyone wore flat thong or gladiator type sandals. Did I say skinny jeans? Most men and women under 40 were in them. People were casually chic.

People wore fashion sneakers too, but not running shoes.. mostly sandals and also sky high heels even on the cobblestone pavements…

Barcelona - very moderm and clean, very fashion forward, the subway was like a fashion runway
San Sebastian - more sophisticated and also very style conscious, even the elderly were window shopping at Zara’s
Madrid - more street or urban (multti-ethnic) but also chic, harem pants, shorts, light shift dresses