
Welcome to the year of the monkey! Admittedly, we're ringing it in a little early (Chinese lunar new year doesn't fall until February 8), but given fashion's long-standing love of the animal, you could hardly fault us. Consider Wallis Simpson's famous gown, custom-made by friend Hubert de Givenchy in 1954, a soigné vision in white with wool monkey embroidery all over. Or on the opposite end of the spectrum, Julius, the smiling cartoon simian dreamed up by Paul Frank and popularized on T-shirts,...
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