UBS Dress Code Hits the Internet

The Swiss bank UBS has issued a new 44 page dress code for its staff on how to be properly attired to work at UBS. This UBS dress code includes how and when to style your hair, when your suit jacket should be buttoned and what color your underwear should be. The Wall Street Journal caught wind of this UBS dress code and began detailing out some of the finer points of what the human resources department at UBS has been defining for quite some time.

According to the UBS dress code book employees are encouraged to wear suits that are dark grey, black or navy blue, since these colors "symbolize competence, formalism and sobriety."

UBS has come back and stated that the code only is applicable to client facing staff and that this UBS dress code has been misunderstood. Supposedly the book was put together only for staff that would attend corporate events. But it is rumored that the Swiss banking giant is considering expanding the dress code to all employees in it's 300 banks in Switzerland.

Here is just a sampling of some of the standards that are included in the UBS dress code:

The dress code advises that women should not wear shoes that are too tight-fitting as there is nothing worse than a strained smile.
Shirts must not be too tight.
Underwear must not be visible against clothing or spill out of clothing.
Don't wear socks that are so short you might expose your leg while sitting.
Don't wear socks that are opaque
Your jacket should be buttoned while standing.
When sitting, the buttons should be undone.
Store your suit on a large hanger with rounded shoulders to preserve the shape of the garment.
Make sure to touch up hair regrowth regularly if you color your hair.
Get a haircut every four weeks to maintain your hairstyle shape.
Don't eat garlic and onions.
Don't wear short-sleeved shirts or cuff links.
Don't use tie knots that don't match your face shape and/or body shape.
Women are encouraged to wear flesh-colored underwear and stockings.
Women's skirts should not be too tight behind.

Just what we all wanted: A bank telling us how to dress, how to sit, when to style our hair and what to eat. Perhaps UBS should focus on their financials first and then worry about the dress code.

Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12023033