If we, if he were actually to wear all the laurel garlands that he's been awarded in can and Venice and Berlin over the years, he would basically be a hedge.
Because it sets them aside as something that's very inexperienced, young within the profession, and therefore if it looks a little like, it's old at the very start then that is the look that they generally want to go for.
Instead, the nervous system prioritizes new sensations, for instance you feel gloves when you first put them on but eventually your body basically forgets they're there.