Ms Bruni worked for several years as a super-model, earning accolades from British clothes designer John Galliano who described her in the film as being "like a silent movie actress with her body language - the dress is her script".

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And then I came across a shot of singer Karen O (whose hairdo and bold clothes have often been compared with those of '60s model Peggy Moffitt), wearing a simple striped T-shirt with her angular bob, somehow looking both retro and modern at the same time.

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Sunil Gupta, a spokesman for the jail, which has developed a reputation as a model for reform and prisoner rehabilitation, said Mr. Singh used his clothes to hang himself.

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Add an eye-watering price tag, and accessorise with photogenic sales staff - so photogenic their job title is "model" - and you have the look of the much talked about American clothes store Abercrombie and Fitch.

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Chesney said he wants to bring his experience with ecommerce to the new personalized model of Trunk Club, a online personalized shopping service that sends you a trunk of clothes periodically.

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