He looks just like his pictures, the red and white scarf neatly tied on his head, the traditional peshmerga outfit cinched in at the waist by a wide belt.

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While eight months pregnant with her twins, Jennifer Lopez donned a black gown paired with a python belt cinched below her bust at a UNICEF fundraiser in 2008.

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To make their point, the drill instructors accentuated their tiny waists with belts cinched so tight they had to remove them when sitting in the drill instructor hut so they could breathe.

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Kirrily Johnston exemplifies the laid-back Down Under aesthetic with her earthy-urban, feminine clothes (think billowy red skirts with high cinched waists), as does Josh Goot, whose block-printed tube and tunic dresses come in colors as bright as the Sydney sun.

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