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"If they're looking at the loincloth then I'm not doing my job properly."

More than four centuries ago, the Roman Catholic Church commisssioned da Volterra to paint veils and loincloths over some of Michelangelo's nudes in the Last Judgment, an 1,800-square-foot panel in the Sistine Chapel.

Blending bold African influences with a metrosexual and androgynous look, models walked the ramp with painted faces wearing colourful ensembles like printed shorts worn over full- length tights, sharp blazers, collared shirts, loincloths and jackets tied around the hips.

The most catchy was the scene in Um Durein, where a force of five hundred Popular Defense Forces (PDF) fighters from the Hawazma "were accompanied by Hawazma women with their tobs (loincloths) tied to their belts (a sign of war)".

A group of eight students showed up for their big day wearing bright shirts and white loincloths, which was not well received by the school management.

Men in loincloths, including Rufus, invited the audience on stage to dance to hi-NRG dance music, before a six-foot long sandwich was brought on to the stage for some reason.

The manager at Bollywood Cinemas at Al Quoz said that women and men had complained that men were coming to the theatres with "half mast" lungis, which effectively turns them into loincloths or short skirts.

Forty-seven other states already allow public school teachers to wear the traditional or required dress of their religious faiths, and none of these states is having problems with teachers wearing loincloths or wizard costumes.

The demonstrators also donned long hair and loincloths Friday for the weekly protest against the barrier near the village of Bilin.

Public demonstrations are commonplace in the Mexico City but nude and scantily clad protesters wearing politician's faces emblazoned across loincloths are startling anywhere on earth especially in a nation where modesty and Catholic mores are the norm.

Joyce was also upset at Weissmuller's sex pest antics, confiding to a pal: "How Johnny holds all that manhood tamed under his loincloths defies nature."

He's also focused on the comedic side - pop-up sheep, singing camels, conspiratorial looks, illuminated halos and wiggling loincloths highlight the evening's irresistible fun.

Last year it was singing nuns and now it's men in loincloths who will be hitting our screens as the BBC launches its search for a newcomer to star in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.