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What is the typical dress code at work and in public places? Is formal dress ever required?
The typical dress for work is business casual. Outside of work the trend is sportswear during the day and dressy for the evening. - Aug 2022
Business casual unless there is a special event. - Jan 2021
. Day to day is pretty casual though the parents at ASA dress up or wear their fancy workout gear! If you got to a Paraguayan wedding, birthday party, or gala you get dressed up, get your hair and make-up done, and go all out! Any excuse to party is a full-tilt prom! - Jun 2019
Business casual. Some formal events, and for those, go glitzy! When there's a party, people doll up. Several dress shops around, expensive BUT they rent them. - Aug 2018
I wear suits to work. In public places it is like anywhere else- and runs the gamut from exercise wear to nearly semi-formal. - Jun 2018
Suits and business casual at the Embassy with dress-down Fridays (half days!). In public, people tend to wear lots of shorts, sleeveless, and tight clothing. - Sep 2015
Embassy is business with casual Fridays. In public people look fairly nice, shorts are not seen often. - Apr 2015
Work is generally business casual and casual in public. - Aug 2014
Business casual. - Jul 2013
I wear a tie, but a it is little more informal than other Latin American capitals. Less informal during hot season. Non-government is more informal. - Aug 2011
Some dress up in a suit and tie and are under the impression that it matters. - Jun 2011
Suits at work. Jeans everywhere else (sometimes even workout clothes!). - Feb 2011
Business attire at work. Jeans in public. There isn't one restaurant in Asuncion where you couldn't wear jeans. - Apr 2010
Business at the office. The nightlife scene seemed pretty formal. - May 2008
