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    Interesting about the suit. I was contemplating bringing one when I’m there more long term. I guess there’s little point for me. I work remotely and don’t need one for work anymore. Life’s (and travelling) so much easier without one.

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    I wore a dark suit and black tie to Adri's dad's funeral and many people thought it was a bit odd. On the other hand, I've been to other funerals dressed casual or in motorbike gear.

    If it's close family, I wear a suit.

    I feel you. I dressed up for the funeral of my husband's grandfather, and a cousin brought to my attention that I was overdressed. I told him that's how we do in Italy (the grandfather was Italian) and I couldn't bite my tongue fast enough before I added "it is a form of respect toward the deceased". Dang! :th_giggle01:

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    Interesting about the suit. I was contemplating bringing one when I’m there more long term. I guess there’s little point for me. I work remotely and don’t need one for work anymore. Life’s (and travelling) so much easier without one.

    I brought mine because "you'll never know" and anyway they'd be no use at my mother's place. However, they have been sitting somewhere for nine years and every year my husband tried to talk me to get rid of them. Now, if we were in a decent country, I would do it because I knew I could simply walk into a mall and buy a new one if I needed to. However, given how complicate it is to find nice clothes here, I'd rather have an old and out of fashion suit sitting in my closet than having to waste my time trying to find something modern and my size here.


    I think I dressed nice for my own civil wedding and my husband's grandpa's funeral.


    UK Man , I think Rice 's party dress code involves a kilt for Scotsmen. Rice , do you 10-4? ;)

    Fight the milanesa:!:

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    At Adri's dad's funeral, one of her closest friends came up to me and said "A suit??", so I said, "It's a funeral."

    End of conversation.

    Quote from Bombonera

    So to ask the obvious, how does a funeral look like in Argentina if a suit is over-dressed?

    I appreciate the answer is hidden in plain sight but still

    I have only been to two funerals, and the people were dressed in their usual clothes (t-shirt and trousers). Church dressing code has loosened also in Italy, and it is not uncommon to see people not dressed in an appropriate attire. "Appropriate" based on my upbringing (I am 40 years old) means no flashy colors at funerals (black, blue, brown are okay) and your shoulders covered (if a woman), with a skirt at least at knees' length and closed shoes.

    Funerals are very different here from Europe, especially in Northern Europe.


    The church is not the centre of the event. It is firstly the funeral parlour where everyone goes to visit the body and give condolences to the family. Then the next day it is the cemetery where they may or may not be a short religious service prior to the burial or the internment of the body in the burial niche, built in many cases into walls. Occasionally 30 days after the death or sometimes more, some families will hold a mass for the dead relative.


    Dress code is totally optional. When I looked out for my black tie for my first Argentine funeral, the wife said to me - "No tie needed, black ties are only used by waiters."

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    A nice choripan after a funeral is always recommended

    We went to Don Balon , a traditional beer bar on Avenida Gaona for beers and empanadas