Send condolences to Derrill Osborn, the elegant director of men s clothing for Nieman Marcus. Raise your margarita glass to Tony Bahama, our new sartorial leader. These thoughts occurred as I slipped into rush hour traffic in downtown Denver on my motorcycle, having completed three days of interviews at Founders, Invesco, and Janus. Portfolio managers, eight. It was Dockers and golf jerseys all the way, with an occasional sport shirt.
Business attire is history.
My ancient BMW, a lovely 1978 R100RS, has two side bags. I had one bag, about the size of the smallest rolling bags for airplane travel, for any clothing to be worn during six days. During that time I would be riding the 400 miles between Santa Fe and Denver, interviewing fund managers and attending a financial planning conference in Keystone. In fact, since only one of the managers was over 35 and all the others had been born after I graduated from college, necessity worked out very well. An older, bearded man arriving in a business suit, tie, and traditional wingtip shoes might have made them self-conscious about playing with all those billions.