Lang Lang, whose everyday outfit is a black T-shirt, a silvery Versace jacket, jeans, and sneakers of his own design, will be a ubiquitous Olympic presence.

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Philosophically, this is food Simmons considers to be timeless the way "jeans, your leather jacket, your T-shirt" are.

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He was wearing a dark jacket over a white T-shirt.

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And for those who believe that a tie, rather than a T-shirt, is the correct accompaniment to a jacket, we highlight six up-and-coming stars of the performing arts, who model the best of classic men's suiting.

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Godrich, who has short dark hair and wore a red Lacoste track jacket over a dark-gray T-shirt, looked a bit like a rugby player.

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She was wearing a black, zip-up jacket over a blue, long-sleeved, round-necked T shirt, black denims and brown knee-high boots with flat soles.

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