This morning in the changing room of my gym an other woman came to me and asked:
"Excuse me, I really like your shoes. Did you buy them here or abroad?"
I mean, again, this is typical Dubai. Let's look at it again.
It happened in a gym. You have to be a member, and it was in the suburbs. Not a place where tourists would go. So we can assume everyone in the changing room was Dubai residents.
Dubai has all the big chains and designer shops. You can buy here absolutely everything.
And yet, her initial assumption is that it is more likely that I bought them abroad than here. Therefore she put the question that way.
And she could have been right. The pants I have today I got from the US, the shirt is from the UK, the scarf and the shoes UAE. And all of us in that changing room were probably wearing a similar combination.
Is there an other place on Earth where it would have happened?
Cross-cultural observations.
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So let's see a photo of these super cool shoes! :)
I've heard something very interesting Today on the radio:
Dubai is investing it's money (it became kind of an unofficial policy) in high end businesses, the goal being to develop an upscale image for the whole country.
Recent examples are investments in MGM Mirage (casinos and fancy hotels in the US), Barneys (upscale retail chain).
In other words, the ruling class is diversifying it's portofolio, distancing themselves from oil and shaping a new high class image of Dubai.
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