Swiss bank dress code: Skin-tone lingerie, no tight-fitting skirts

AFP, Dec 17, 2010, 04.57am IST

ZURICH: Swiss banking giant UBS has issued a strict dress code

for employees, calling on them to wear "skin-coloured" lingerie

and to ditch "fancy and coloured" artificial fingernails.

In a document of over 40 pages, UBS underlined details

from head to toe, including permissible hairstyles, what

cut of skirt and which type of socks to wear.

Women should not wear "flashy" jewellery or skirts that are

"too tight behind".

Underwear must not be "visible against clothing or spilling

out of clothing". Rather, they should be "skin-coloured under

white shirts."

Employees should ensure that natural roots are not showing

if they have coloured their hair. "Three days of stubble is not

permitted and a visit to the barber is recommended once every

four weeks," it added.

Employees are also urged to "avoid smelling of strong scent,

garlic, onion and cigarette smoke".

Men should wear a "straight-cut two button jacket and pants that

make up part of a classic professional suit." They should not

wear ties that do not match the "morphology of the face" nor

socks with cartoon motifs.

"The reputation of UBS makes up our most precious asset.

Adopting an irreprochable behaviour implies having an

impeccable presentation," said the bank, which has been trying

to rebuild its reputation since suffering record losses during

the financial crisis.

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