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Originally Posted by lyndsay552
Hi M Butler and welcome to the forum.
Please can you advise us about the cost of things in Cairo?
Details of the price of clothing compared to the uk would be great.
Lyndsay
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Hi Lyndsay,
Depends on what you want to buy really. If you go for anything imported it is expensive but we have many outlet shops here that sell loads of casual cotton items that are made in Egypt and exported all over the world: eg. Next, M&S, Gap, Debenhams, Tesco, Asda, Izod, A&K, Gin Tonic, Disney, Nike, Adidas - I could go on and on. If you think cotton, it is probably manufactured here. You can buy T shirts from £1.50 upwards, trousers from £3.00. Towels by Christy/Fired Earth/John Lewis start at around £1.00. Bedding is also a good buy if you know where to go. 400 thread count cotton sheet sets (2 king size sheets 4 pillowcases) for around £19.00. I saw men's Arrow shirts the other day for £5.00.
Then there are the fabric markets which are so cheap you have a hard time trying to haggle. You can buy by the metre or by the bale. It is very reasonable to have anything made up for you from sofa covers to evening dresses. A complete set of loose sofa covers, including fabric is around£110 - not fireproof of course.
As I am writing this I am thinking that I will probably be visiting Cairo from time to time.
Hope this helps. If you need anything more specific just let me know.
cheers,
Margaret