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It was so hot in the club that it was difficult to breathe, but Puffy
was still wearing his suit, and not one button was undone. His tie was
so tightly knotted it seemed to put a strain on his Adam's apple. A
diamond stud was planted in each earlobe. A thick rope of a diamond
bracelet--from Jacob, the New York jeweller to the hip-hop
elite--adorned his wrist. He said, "From my manicure to my pedicure,
from my head to my toe, it's the swagger that I show the world, it's
my face, baby. It's my walk, my attitude."  He rubbed the wisps of
hair on his chin. "Fashion is about leaving on your jacket and tie
when other people are too hot to bother."

"I am Fashion," by Michael Specter, <cite>The New
		   Yorker</cite>, September 9, 2002, p. 117
		   http://www.michaelspecter.com/ny/2002/2002_09_09_puff.html

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