Swiss bank alters bizarre underwear dress code
GENEVA: Swiss bank UBS AG is revising its dress code after getting roundly mocked for suggesting that employees wear skin-colored underwear and avoid garlic breath.
The bank said on Monday it is whittling down its 44-page style guide to a more modest booklet that will concentrate on how to impress customers with a polished presence and sense of Swiss precision and decorum.
The existing code tells female employees how to apply makeup, what kind of perfume to wear and what color stockings and lingerie are acceptable. It advises them not to show roots if they color their hair and to avoid black nail polish.
"You can extend the life of your knee socks and stockings by keeping your toenails trimmed and filed,'' UBS tells its female staff.
Men are told how to knot a tie as well as to get a haircut every month and avoid unruly beards and earrings. Both sexes were advised to avoid garlic or onion breath.
The guidelines recommended skin-colored underwear for women and wristwatches for all to signal "trustworthiness and a serious concern for punctuality .''
The bank said on Monday it is whittling down its 44-page style guide to a more modest booklet that will concentrate on how to impress customers with a polished presence and sense of Swiss precision and decorum.
The existing code tells female employees how to apply makeup, what kind of perfume to wear and what color stockings and lingerie are acceptable. It advises them not to show roots if they color their hair and to avoid black nail polish.
"You can extend the life of your knee socks and stockings by keeping your toenails trimmed and filed,'' UBS tells its female staff.
Men are told how to knot a tie as well as to get a haircut every month and avoid unruly beards and earrings. Both sexes were advised to avoid garlic or onion breath.
The guidelines recommended skin-colored underwear for women and wristwatches for all to signal "trustworthiness and a serious concern for punctuality .''
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