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Borat’s ‘mankini’ gets a fashion makeover
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen seems to be channelling Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character with his latest take on swimwear.
Cuba libre
"At last, we are now on the freeway!" said my driver, exhaling proudly, adjusting his sunglasses and revving our white Hyundai hatchback to a recklessly exhilarating 80kph. I…
Back to skinny
Back in 1990 I ”modelled” in a show for Romeo Gigli in Milan. It was a humiliating experience because I was the least gifted of all the male models. But mostly it was my legs…
Shades of green
”Back in the 1990s, I visited Kona Village Resort on Hawaii’s ”big island”. A truly beautiful and charming place, the overblown telegenic hula of Elvis and Steve McGarrett’s…
On the trail of natural highs
”You have to take it,” insisted my friend Alex, a vigorously hedonistic, endearingly irresponsible type. ”If you go to the Mexican desert, you simply have to try the peyote,…
Stars get in the swim with legend Pierre
Any day now Pierre Gruneberg will return to his little apartment, just by the flower shop in the small town of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat in the south of France, and prepare for…