Ben "Chic Happens" Widdicombe interviews Rael, leader of his very own namesake cult, and examines his fashion sensibilities. In an article that really needs no commentary, Widdicombe writes, "And where a lesser lama would have gone for robesthe classic 'dentist at a Star Wars convention' look, which derails so many fledgling religionsthis holiness paired the top with trousers, the boldest move since the Dalai Lama thought, Hmmm . . . saffron." Says Rael, "I think I will one day go to a seminar where I will wear a pink skirt...I think I will; it will be cute. Just to change, to make people think how to be different."
Clothes encounter [NYT]