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French Revolution-era design meets modern fashion in this limited-time clothing line by Felissimo.
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Hey, you got your tuna in my house music! Hey, you got your house music in my tuna! Wait a minute…
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“Just keep drawing.” To improve his skills, a striving artist takes this advice and runs with it… to a rather unlikely place!
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We sent our reporter to a shop in Nara where you can dress as a noble from the Nara period (AD 710-794) and even stroll around town in your costume!
This suite has been open for a while now, but we definitely think you’ve never seen it up close like this before.
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