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...such celebrations as the Lunar New Year festival, where one of his sons sets off a firecracker. A set of paintings from a small album for private viewing depicts the Emperor in 13 different guises, from a Taoist sage to a Mongolian noble to a Westerner, in wig and waistcoat. Was Yongzheng trying to make the point that he was the embodiment of his multiethnic empire, or was he just having a bit of fun? Hongli, Yongzheng's favorite son and Kangxi's most beloved grandson, became the Qianlong Emperor in 1736 when he was 24. He abdicated 60 years...
...cannot do without my speckled tweed Irish waistcoat...
Neoprene: Could it sound any less glamorous? Yet this synthetic rubber, used for fan belts, wire casings and hydraulic hoses, is making its way into the designs of some of the world's most prestigious fashion houses. For spring at Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs offers a white waistcoat and black floral miniskirt, and at Chanel, Lagerfeld weighs in with a gray fishnet jacket--all made of neoprene. At Balenciaga, Nicholas Ghesquiere uses a neoprene-like fabric to make surferesque tops. And where the big designers go, the rest will follow...
...flour, his chest broader than a 40-gallon drum. He has pylons for legs. The hand he offered in greeting swallowed mine whole in a fleshy palm, then wrapped it in fingers fat like German sausages. Over his grey kameez and flowing shirt he wore a neat-cut waistcoat. A bushy black beard tumbled from his face. He talked slowly; the same as he moved. "[Helmand] Governor Haji Shir Mohammed and American soldiers have gone on this road to Kajaki [a town to the north in the Baghran area], " he said...
...black turban, tipped with grey, a cardigan and a brown pin-stripe waistcoat, Rais told us it was his Islamic duty to "respect you and give you as much hospitality as we can". He then fudged our first question about no longer having power, choosing instead to relay how he had twice met interim government leader Hamid Karzai to speed the transfer of "Taliban power to Karzai." But he happily confirmed his new arrangement with the government, under which he surrendered those weapons he had at hand and vowed not to protect "any of the most wanted people who come...