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Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

For their project, they chose wisely - a campaign by Sabyasachi Mukherjee, one of India's top fashion designers who has dressed Bollywood celebrities, Hollywood actresses and billionaires.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

“We are so proud of our water,” says Bumpa, who has dressed in colorful Bhutanese traditional garments to welcome rare visitors to this remote spot in the jungle.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Gang has dressed up the library’s single column to resemble the stem of an oversize mushroom, with strip lights and ash panels branching out along the ceiling for its gills.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

He has dressed with care, a blue-and-white-striped Italian shirt that Sonia had bought for him at Filene’s Basement, a pair of black jeans.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri