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" We know that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is a huge fan of bad-boy basketball star Dennis Rodman&amp;amp;#8212;but did you know that he is also an avid viewer of Bravo&amp;#x27;s fashion reality show Dukes of Melrose? At least, if this email below is to be believed. The email suggests the dictator personally invited Christos Garkinos, co-owner of L.A.&amp;#x27;s celebrity designer vintage hot spot Decades and star of Dukes of Melrose, on a VIP tour of his country. OK, so there&amp;#x27;s a 99.9 percent chance it&amp;#x27;s not a real invitation, but on the .1 percent chance it is, let&amp;#x27;s take a look, shall we? An email Garkinos received yesterday at the Decades&amp;#x27; customer-care inbox purports to come from someone named Elizaveta Katarina, who says she is the director of international relations for the DPRK. It reads, verbatim: OMG, right? &amp;quot;When I first read it, I saw the name &amp;#x27;Christ&amp;#x27; and though&amp;amp;#8212;oh, this should be interesting,&amp;quot; Garkinos told Glamour. OK, odds are it&amp;#x27;s not real, but if the offer were actually authentic, would Garkinos, like Rodman, take Kim Jong Un up on his invitation? &amp;quot;My husband was like, &amp;#x27;You must go!&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; Garkinos says. &amp;quot;I was like, are you crazy?&amp;quot; Still, he hasn&amp;#x27;t completely ruled out the idea&amp;amp;#8212;kind of, maybe, sort of. &amp;quot;But, upon reflection, I know that the North Koreans are into severe neutral looks&amp;amp;#8212;so Calvin Klein&amp;amp;#8212;n&amp;#x27;est-ce pas?&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Who better than this Greek to add some color over there! So, yeah. I would help world peace in my one small way.&amp;quot; So if this is real, it means that: 1. There&amp;#x27;s a North Korean Federation of Fashion (who knew?) and 2. They have Bravo in North Korea! And Kim Jong Un watches Dukes of Melrose! Ooh, maybe he&amp;#x27;ll invite some of the Real Housewives over next. I can totally see Nene Leakes whipping things into shape. &amp;quot;I love that he is a fan,&amp;quot; Garkinos tells us. &amp;quot;Now, if I get a letter from Putin&amp;#x27;s people, I&amp;#x27;ll know the world has gone totally cray cray!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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