> The idea that here, in the 21st century, any successful entrepreneur must garb oneself in rarely-worn, extremely expensive and generally inconvenient Victoria

> The idea that here, in the 21st century, any successful entrepreneur must garb oneself in rarely-worn, extremely expensive and generally inconvenient Victorian-era ceremonial dress in order to arrange a business transaction is utterly ludicrous. Welcome to the industry wide corporate culture of banks! As absolutely ludicrous as this is to you and me, I can tell you first-handedly that this is the bread-and-butter in banking. This goes so far that (hearsay) places like Deutsche Bank have rules where the color/brightness of the tie signals how high up the ranks you are and dark colors must not be worn by youngens.