Well, I'm a well known flying suit fan - but don't own any gold bars.
But, a couple of years ago I helped a colleague ferry a new Islander back from Bucharest. I wore my flying suit (in a new aircraft, still in primer, with no trim and a fair number of sharp edges and drafts it was ideal) and he wore a flying instructors jersey with an obscene number of gold bars.
It was quite clear when transiting continental airports that his gold bars carried considerable weight amongst customs officials, airport staff, etc and next I do a similar trip I'll probably invest a tenner in a set of them.
But to be fair to him, I've never seen him wear gold bars at work (he's a working civilian Test Pilot) or at play (he QFIs).
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