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One writer tracks the late Nelson Mandela's use of batik shirts for communication, from drawing parallels between anti-apartheid politics and Indonesia's anti-colonial movement to various national alliances. What would Washington look like if more politicians sacrificed the old suit and tie game for a more symbolic style? [FT]