Vilnius - Post Report Question and Answers

What is the typical dress code at work and in public places? Is formal dress ever required?

Work - business professional M-W, Business casual Thu, and Casual Friday. Formal dress needed for visitors and Marine Ball. - Aug 2023


Professional at work, business casual everywhere else. No sports clothes. Formal dress for balls. - Dec 2022


Business casual. - Feb 2021


Business. - Oct 2019


Formal dress for balls/galas. Lithuanians dress nicely but not flamboyantly. Not a lot of high heels, more sensible shoes, and sensible coats etc for cold/cool weather with precipitation. - Mar 2017


Formal dress would rarely be required. Euro-nice is standard outside of work. If you wear jeans, they will know you are American. Suits or very nice business casual are standard for work. - Mar 2017


Business formal to casual - don't wear jeans and t-shirts in public if you want to fit in. - Aug 2015


Women really dress up when going out in public, and God bless them. Sometimes I worry that they might get cold, but they seem to manage. Business casual at work. Men seem much more casual about dress than women. However, local men seem to be comfortable wearing pedal-pusher pants in the summer and carrying their handbags. It's a little different. - Jun 2013


At work, suits for men and women. In public, tighter and more formal than in the U.S. for both sexes. Women frequently wear high heels and short skirts. - Feb 2011


Lithuanians dress more formally than Americans do for social events. - May 2009


From business casual to suit & tie. - Nov 2008


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