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Now anyone headed to North Korea, be warned. Certain hairstyles, piercings and styles of jeans are banned. Indeed such attire is considered symbolic of a capitalistic lifestyle according to a recent edit in the official newspaper of the North Korean government. But why do this now and what's on the list? Ruth-Ann Robson is a professor of law at City University of New York and the author of Dressing Constitutionally: Hierarchy, Sexuality, and Democracy From Our Hairstyles to Our Shoes.

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