In Puerto Vallarta, you’ll see a very professional dress code. People look nice, clean, and put together for the most part. If you’re a fashionista you can always add flare, especially in the Puerto Vallarta area.

 

In Sayulita, a small town where I live about an hour away from Puerto Vallarta, we are you’ll see a much more relaxed dress code. They call it “Bohemian style,” and it’s much less modest. You’ll see girls...

In Puerto Vallarta, you’ll see a very professional dress code. People look nice, clean, and put together for the most part. If you’re a fashionista you can always add flare, especially in the Puerto Vallarta area.

 

In Sayulita, a small town where I live about an hour away from Puerto Vallarta, we are you’ll see a much more relaxed dress code. They call it “Bohemian style,” and it’s much less modest. You’ll see girls walking down the street in bathing suits and shoes are optional.  The traditional Mexican community is much more modest in dress but tourism and a surf culture has influenced a variety of alternatives to the dress code. 

 

As far as my wardrobe, I wear flip-flops almost every single day and I think that’s awesome.  

 

(Audrey Royem, entrepreneur in Sayulita, Mexico, pictured.)

Here in Puerto Vallarta, flip-flops are mandatory. There really isn’t a dress code in Puerto Vallarta because it’s a very relaxed area, so you can see everyone wearing mostly shorts and t-shirts, and nothing fancy, unless you’re going out to a high-end restaurant. Even then, sitting at the next table will be somebody wearing shorts and a nice shirt. Shorts, runners, flip-flops and a t-shirt will do you well here in Puerto Vallarta. 

 

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Here in Puerto Vallarta, flip-flops are mandatory. There really isn’t a dress code in Puerto Vallarta because it’s a very relaxed area, so you can see everyone wearing mostly shorts and t-shirts, and nothing fancy, unless you’re going out to a high-end restaurant. Even then, sitting at the next table will be somebody wearing shorts and a nice shirt. Shorts, runners, flip-flops and a t-shirt will do you well here in Puerto Vallarta. 

 

If you’re a fashionista, you can absolutely get dressed up if you wanted to. There’s nothing that precludes you from wearing the nicest items you have to being the most relaxed in Puerto Vallarta. We’re as comfortable here in Puerto Vallarta with the relaxed attitude about life as we are about clothing.  

 

(Pool and beach, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico(, pictured.)

There is no dress code in Puerto Vallarta. We wear shorts to work and you won't need winter clothes. I've been to Christmas parties where people were wearing dressy clothes down to jeans and simple polo shirts. It depends on how you want to live. If you want to live country club-style, you can; but you can also live a simple lifestyle. Many expats move here to get away from the "golf-resort-type living" or "country club-type living".

 

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There is no dress code in Puerto Vallarta. We wear shorts to work and you won't need winter clothes. I've been to Christmas parties where people were wearing dressy clothes down to jeans and simple polo shirts. It depends on how you want to live. If you want to live country club-style, you can; but you can also live a simple lifestyle. Many expats move here to get away from the "golf-resort-type living" or "country club-type living".

 

For people who are into fashion, there's a big art community in Puerto Vallarta that hosts events where you can wear more fashionable clothes. There are many art galleries that have showings, cultural events, and other social events. 

 

The botanical gardens just gave a big benefit honoring the benefactors for how much they've contributed to the growth of the gardens. It was a dressy, "formal-ish" event, but still people who attended the event were wearing everything from black evening dresses to just "resort casual" clothes.

 

 

 

There are no real rules when it comes to fashion. No one is going to turn you away from a restaurant if you were in shorts. You can go to the nicest and most expensive restaurant in Puerto Vallarta and wear whatever you wish and whatever you're personally comfortable in. No one really feels out of place. You see people living the way they want to live.

 

(Ron Morgan, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pictured.)