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Article: When real men wore heels: how the demands of empires have shaped the history of fashion.(Dressed To Rule: Royal and Court Costume from Louis XIV to Elizabeth II)(Book Review)
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- July 1, 2005
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Dressed To Rule: Royal and Court Costume from Louis XIV to Elizabeth II By Philip Mansel Yale University Press, $35.00
This summer, Japanese businessmen have been asked to disrobe. With an eye on the Kyoto Protocol, the government is requiring business owners to keep thermostats set at a toasty 82 degrees Fahrenheit and cajoling salarymen to shed their jackets and ties. It's a hard sell in a country where, as one apparel retailer explained to The New York Times, it's long been assumed that "the man who is wearing a suit is a businessman and the man who not is unemployed." That's why the government has coaxed cartoonists to draw CEOs in short sleeves, mounted ...
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Article: Louis XIV.(Book Review)
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