Word: suit
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...agreed refugee quota is a tiny 750 a year, and of the 1,200 or so people who, like Zaoui, claim refugee status on arrival, fewer than 20% are accepted. "The easiest way in," he says, "is to get yourself a business visa, wear a $1,000 suit and say you want to invest in a New Zealand business." (It's been claimed al-Qaeda high-up Ayman al-Zawahiri visited New Zealand twice in the 1990s posing as a leather salesman, but Foreign Minister Goff says police have found no evidence for this.) Alternatively, Buchanan says, "you could come...
...Comme des Gar?ons meets Bonds T shirt" style recently made the Sydney Morning Herald's best-dressed list. His reversible floral-print pants might not be for everybody, but his convention-defying couture should endure. "It's perfect in the wild," he says of his hand-washable linen suit. "You don't need a Laundromat or dry cleaner...
...know the Zeitgeist is shifting when Nicole Kidman can don a pencil-thin suit from menswear designer du jour Hedi Slimane - or David Beckham can step out in a sarong. "Men are much more receptive to the idea of looking fashionable," says retailer Seper. "There was previously a misunderstanding that if you took an interest in yourself, your masculinity was diminished somehow, whereas now (male grooming) is accepted, in fact it's sought after...
...head out tomorrow. "I told her if I get killed she should fix that f______ fence before the end of the summer." The men are expecting a nasty fight from the insurgents, who have surprised them with the sophistication of their tactics. Chachi, a former private investigator and "a suit in Smith Barney," says the insurgents "have a pretty good command structure. Perhaps not as formal as ours but certainly not a bunch of farmers throwing something together." Chachi says the Marines "are under observation pretty much most of the time." At 9 p.m., while some of the men gather...
Last week, the Seneca Club placed ads promoting last Thursday’s Red Party. The Harvard College Democrats, the Harvard Bartending Course and Veritas Records followed suit shortly after...