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Swiss bank UBS bans tight skirts and fake nails
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.
Women are restricted to wearing seven items of jewellery Photo: EPA
7:00AM GMT 16 Dec 2010
In a document stretching to more than 40 pages, UBS described a head to toecompany dress code, 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 also ensure that natural roots are not showing if they have coloured their hair, the document dictated.
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. And suits for both women and men must be either grey, black or navy blue.
Women are restricted to wearing seven items of jewellery. "The reputation of UBS makes up our most precious asset. Adopting an irreproachable 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.
In the document, employees are also advised to avoid smelling of strong perfume, garlic, onion or cigarette smoke. The strict dress code will be trialled in five Swiss bank branches.
