Oops, my mistake! But let me tell you a Kimono is not a dress. There are Japanese dresses too.
-- Alvaro
On 26-01-2009, at 23:08, Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Alvaro García wrote:
WHY ON EARTH is Jimbo wearing a Japanese dress?
Excuse me. Jimbo wearing a 'Japanese dress' would look more like this: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:JimmyWales_wearing_...
In the BBC article, Jimbo is not wearing anything Japanese, but rather wearing a traditional - almost stereotypical - Chinese garment called a qipao (see https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cheongsam ).
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