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London’s Banking Uniform Is Now Bespoke Chinos and Brown Shoes
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November 19, 2021
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3:04Now PlayingIn the once-austere City of London, an era-defining change is underway. Bankers coming back to their desks are leaving their suits at home — and calling time on a decades-old taboo against brown shoes.
The City’s streets may be increasingly busy — sandwich sales in London are running at 88% of pre-Covid levels — but more and more returning workers don’t look quite like they did in March 2020. Instead, now comfortable with the informality of video-calling, they are sporting a smart-casual look and adopting a “dress for your day” attitude.
Flexibility was already creeping into City dress codes before Covid-19 took hold, but evidence suggests that male bankers now have many more high-end options than simply spending upwards of 2,500 pounds ($3,400) on one bespoke suit.
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