on U.S. goods without specifying the targeted products immediately, signaling hopes to de-escalate.
At the moment, Gerapetritis said Europe is in a “political identity crisis.”“It seems that on occasions, we forget what are the essential elements that brought us together as Europeans, and we do suffer from some divergences and conflict,” he said. “And now we’re suffering the post-shock syndrome after the war in Ukraine. So I think Europe needs again to find its resilience and identity.”
because it supports the rule of law and its sovereignty and territorial integrity, he said.As for EU and U.S. sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Gerapetritis said they have been only partially successful because Moscow has. The economic penalties have not become “a turning point for peace,” he said.
Gerapetritis said his country supports a, has discussed it and
extensively with Israel and the Palestinians, and sees itself as an “honest broker.”
“We would like to be actively involved, but to be totally honest, it’s not a matter of who mediates, it’s a matter of stopping the nightmare,” he said.made of crushed silk velvet and embroidered with crystals and the cowrie shells historically used as currency in Africa.
There’s also a so-called “dollar bill suit” by the label 3.Paradis — the jacket sporting a laminated one-dollar bill stitched to the breast pocket, meant to suggest the absence of wealth.The “disguise” section includes a collection of 19th-century newspaper ads announcing rewards for catching runaway enslaved people.
The ads, Miller notes, would often describe someone who was “particularly fond of dress” — or note that the person had taken large wardrobes. The reason was twofold: The fancy clothes made it possible for an enslaved person to cloak their identity. But also, when they finally made it to freedom, they could sell the clothing to help fund their new lives, Miller says.“So dressing above one’s station sometimes was a matter of life and death,” the curator says, “and also enabled people to transition from being enslaved to being liberated.”