Used to work at a place with a strict dress code. Despite me being a designer and despite us working in a grotty little office with no visitors, suits and ties

Used to work at a place with a strict dress code. Despite me being a designer and despite us working in a grotty little office with no visitors, suits and ties were mandatory. We had a couple of shared ties we’d drag out whenever we had a meeting with the chief exec. They were coffee stained and chewed but we were wearing ties and that was all that mattered to him.