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The Midnight Robber desires to become the King of the Robbers by out-talking or outwitting all of his rivals. [22] His aspirations come from a history of wrongdoing in his family, which is meant to mimic the emancipation and history that influenced the celebrations of the Trinidad and Tobago carnival. [ 22 ]
The literal translation is "the act of wrapping." The wrapper is usually worn with a matching headscarf or head tie that is called a gele in Yoruba, pronounced geh-leh. [2] A full wrapper ensemble consists of three garments, a blouse, called a buba, pronounced boo-bah, the iro and a headscarf called a head tie called gele in Yoruba.
Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and North American conventions for attire in the 19th century. In British English, the dress code is often referred to synecdochically by its principal element for men, the dinner suit or dinner jacket.
Technology stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street Tuesday during a holiday-shortened trading session ahead of Christmas. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.9%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ...
The wrap dress that she designed in 1974 was a design re-interpretation of the Kimono. [10]: 105 Michelle Obama wearing a Diane von Fürstenberg wrap dress in 2010. Wrap dresses achieved their peak of popularity in the mid to late 1970s, and the design, essentially a robe, has been credited with becoming a symbol of women's liberation in the 1970s.
Notre Dame senior defensive tackle Rylie Mills will miss the remainder of the postseason with a right knee injury suffered in Friday's College Football Playoff victory over Indiana. The No. 5 ...
Lamar Jackson’s chase for a third NFL MVP, and the Baltimore Ravens' hopes to win the Super Bowl are dwindling.. There’s no other way to put it after Baltimore’s 24-19 loss to the ...
The black lounge suit (), stroller (), or Stresemann (Continental Europe), is a men's day attire semi-formal intermediate of a formal morning dress and an informal lounge suit; comprising grey striped or checked formal trousers, but distinguished by a conventional-length lounge jacket, single- or double-breasted in black, midnight blue or grey. [1]