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Bruno A to Z fashion faux pas? COMEDY.


Byline: FIONA CUMMINS

COMEDIAN Sacha Baron Cohen has given his most outrageous interview yet - poking fun at Madonna's adopted son and trivialising the September 11 attacks.

In a move that will ruffle feathers, he also described Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf as a "fashion bible".

As Austrian alter-ego Bruno, the 37-year-old has listed his controversial A to Z of fashion must-haves in the July issue of Marie Claire.

He ridiculed singer Madonna's adoption of Malawian baby David Banda, claiming L is for "Little black child... thanks to Madonna und Bruno, it's zis season's vardrobe essential".

He didn't restrict himself to big-name stars, stating S stood for September 11, 2001.

Risking the wrath of critics who might accuse him of bad taste, he said the date was "famous, of course, for being ze day on vich Oscar de la Renta Oscar de la Renta (born July 22, 1932) is a leading fashion designer. Early years
De la Renta (born Oscar Aristides Renta Fiallo) was born in the Dominican Republic to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father.
 reintroduced ze chambray cham·bray  
n.
A fine lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.



[Alteration of French cambrai, cambric, after Cambrai, a city of northern France.
 peasant blouse".

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(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
 
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jun 3, 2009
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