There were smart jackets with gold hardware and some with red-and-black brocades, crisp navy suits, and leather harnesses over stretch-crepe dresses with sexy slashes on the bodice and asymmetric peplums and hemlines.

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Room after room of massive Venetian and Belgian chandeliers, French tapestries, brocades, Louis XIV furniture, carved teak panels, frescoes, and murals has been restored to its original glory under the exacting supervision of Princess Esra, the ex-wife of the current nizam.

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