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Fitting the Maharaja

The 20 year old King of Jaipur turns fashion icon.

The day we landed at the City Palace in Jaipur, the sky was overcast, foreign tourists were still hanging out by the pink walls, the imposing chandeliers of Sukh Niwas, the royal family's living room, had partially lit up the black and white photo frames on marble tables, and loud music blasted from the terrace outside as Padmanabh Singh, the 20 year old Maharaja of Jaipur, posed for photographs in a dinner jacket. With two horses.

As soon as the shoot was done, the Maharaja returned a ring he was sporting to John Vizzone, the Creative Director of Cifonelli, a Paris based bespoke tailoring company that started in 1880.

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