Myanmar fashion: Myanmar's fashion police face losing battle - latimes.com:
"For decades, Myanmar, also known as Burma, has tried to keep its people isolated from the outside world and its dangerous ideas about freedom.
'Decadent alien culture such as scanty dresses is unacceptable,' the New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a regime mouthpiece, lectured recently. 'Appropriate measures need to be taken by one and all to protect our own culture.'
In fashion, that culture has meant the longyi."
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