Pass notesFashionNorth Korea’s government claims to be leading the way in fabric innovation with shirts woven with protein and fabrics that dissolve in water
Name: Edible clothes.
Appearance: Stylish and practical.
Season: Autumn 2018.
Is this some kind of supersized fetish garment? Like edible underwear for hungry people? No. It’s a recent innovation from the Clothing Research Centre.
Ah. Another cult fashion label with an ironically bland name? Nope. It’s a division of the Foodstuffs and Daily Necessities Research Institute, which is part of the Ministry of Provincial Industry in North Korea.
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TelevisionSince his first special in 2016, the comedian’s uniquely touching brand of gentle humour has won millions of fans. But how different is the real-life Pera to his onscreen persona?
Joe Pera is strolling through New York, patiently enduring the sort of technical calamities that cause interviewers to wake up in a cold sweat. I apologise and apologise again, but he is unfazed. “It’s OK,” he reassures me in his familiar soft, halting voice.
Israel-Gaza war Aerial footage shows scale of Israel-Gaza ceasefire march – video Thousands of people marched from Park Lane as part of the pro-Palestine demonstration. Organisers say the march, which has been the backdrop to a political row over Suella Braverman’s public criticism of the policing of protests, could be one of the biggest in British history
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