The Saudi Arabian kingdom enforces a relatively conservative dress code in public spaces across most parts of the country (particularly in Riyadh), which for women requires wearing a full-length black robe, known as an abaya, and a cover for their hair.
At a DVD street stall in Rangoon yesterday, two students laughed as they tried to translate the popular ACID track "Tell Us", which berates Burma's young people for sticking to the conservative dress code of their parents.
Leslie's friend, the late Daily Mail columnist Lynda Lee-Potter, usually a great one for preserving conservative dress codes, was Titmuss's most ardent defender, insisting she was simply dressing as modern young girls do in hot weather.
A combination of dermatological intervention (Botox, fillers, plastic surgery), airbrushing, less conservative dress codes and a rigorous health and beauty regime allows women with enough money and motivation to practically stop the ageing clock.
But today's parents, who came of age challenging more conservative dress codes, like the banning of miniskirts 30 years ago, are often reluctant to challenge their children.
The heyday of the charge of elitism was the anti-establishment 1960's, and the easiest target was classical music, with its gilded concert halls, conservative dress codes and enshrined masterpieces by dead white males.
He cites conservative dress codes and stubborn, old-fashioned notions of what golf clubs look and feel like as barriers to girls getting involved.
A quick web search shows that Aljabri is certainly not alone in her shopping needs: The Internet is full of blogs and web forums for women who adhere to conservative dress codes yet want to look stylish.
Women should wear a conservative dress, business suit, or dress pants and a dress shirt.
