And depending on the cotton content of the banknotes it might be more comfortable on a hot day in India.
And easier to wash although maybe not easier to launder.
From The Independent via (you can't make this stuff up) Market Sanity:
LOULLA-MAE ELEFTHERIOU-SMITH, The Independent, Released on 8/8/14
An Indian businessman has treated himself for his 45th birthday in a way like no other: by having a shirt made out of gold.
Pankaj Parakh, a local politician and the owner of a multi-million pound textile business near Mumbai, has had the shirt created out of pure love for the precious metal.
The shirt in question weighs four kilos and is estimated to have cost £127,000. It has seven gold buttons has been created to move flexibly, just like any other shirt. The gold itself is 18-22 carat purity, and there have been no other metals used. It is lined with a thin cloth for added comfort, though the body of the garment is smooth.
A team of 20 people are thought to have spent 3,200 hours crafting the shirt.
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