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Rising star Toni Maticevski's exquisite tea-stained organza gowns are more suited to a salon than a safari, but his collection shares something with Akira's. "I'm really inspired by menswear," he says. Maybe not with his pearl-festooned blouses, but surely with his tailored worsted-wool trousers and jackets. This year Maticevski also launched his first men's capsule collection - as elegantly attenuated as the designer's 1.93-m frame. "Menswear is like my release," he says. "I think it's cool...
...twist on the traditional African safari, why not hop a ride on an animal rather than merely watching them? Near Pilanesberg, two hours north of Johannesburg, you can take an elephant-back safari through the lightly wooded Letsatsing game reserve, home to rhino, giraffe and zebra. Guests are collected from the game-trackers' desk in the sprawling Sun City hotel and casino complex and taken to a nearby elephant wallow. An introductory lecture about the big beasts, a one-hour ride and transfers between the pickup point and the beginning of the elephant ride cost $133 per person...
...Jordan was killed by a crocodile in a Kakadu billabong in 2002; her group's tour guide had told them they could ignore warning signs. "If that attack" - the first fatal one in the park in 15 years - "hadn't happened, we'd still be swimming at Twin Falls," safari operator Bowman says. With saltwater crocodile numbers booming in the Top End, "salties" are now appearing in Kakadu rivers up to 280 km from the coast. Last year a 2-m specimen was found in a camping ground. Peter Whitehead, the park board's conservation representative and director...
...Nepal” to the sexually naive “Prude in Patpong.” One woman told of downing tequila shots until dawn with dreadlocked Aboriginals in the Outback while others recount less unconventional tales of European vacations and camping trips. Writer Lori Mayfield discusses diarrhea on safari, while Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth instructs readers on the ideal disposal of a “turd.” Ellen Degeneres devotes two paragraphs to an airport bathroom story wherein she feels falsely accused of causing a foul odor in the facility...
...west of Baghdad, and was then turned in to American forces by an informer. Yet Schneider, an IRS criminal investigator based in Pensacola, Fla., told TIME that he displayed no ill will toward the U.S. Vain and concerned about his appearance, Barzan did grumble about a tear in his safari suit and waved a hand to show his long fingernails, complaining that he had not been allowed to trim them...