Because she is not of the cookie-cutter Hollywood kind, with their borrowed strapless dresses with mermaid hems.

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He showed coats with panels or blocks of leather on the sleeves, skirts with hems of leather.

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He also shortened the hems on some gowns to make them easier for Ms. Bejo to dance in.

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Continuing a trend seen in New York, beaver, mink and other furs were everywhere, often decorating hems and sleeves.

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Creator Trevor Undi slowed it all down so that we can absorb the stitches, hems, and movement of Chanel tweed, silk and feather.

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The difficulty is that, with a parliamentary election likely in Pakistan not long before America's presidential election in November, domestic politics hems in both sides.

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His father hems and haws.

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Les Hems, research director of the Institute for Philanthropy, another new charity, says donors should be allowed (as in America) to hand over capital to a charity while still enjoying the income and tax relief until death, when the charity gets the whole lot.

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And if the labyrinth of racks find you swearing up a storm because of the way ready-made clothing fits, then buy something slightly larger than you would normally wear and get thee to a tailor, where hems, nips and tucks can customize nearly any piece of clothing.

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