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Apec summits: what the leaders wore - in pictures

APEC Summit: 1 November 1994: Bill Clinton during the APEC Summit in Bogor
1 November 1994: Bill Clinton and other leaders in pose in Batik shirts for a group photo during the Apec summit in Bogor, Indonesia Photograph: Dirck Halstead/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
APEC Summit: 25 November 1997: APEC leaders pose for a photo in Vancouver, Canada
25 November 1997: Leaders at the Apec summit pose for a photo in Vancouver, Canada Photograph: Win Macnamee/AFP/Getty Images
APEC Summit: 18 November 1998: APEC leaders pose for a photo, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18 November 1998: Apec leaders don traditional shirts for the group photograph at Cyberview Lodge in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photograph: Reuters
APEC Summit: 13 September 1999: APEC leaders in Aukland, New Zealand
13 September 1999: Apec leaders line up for the offical photograph in front of a Maori meeting house in Auckland, New Zealand Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images
APEC Summit: 16 October 2000: Bill Clinton at the APEC summit in Brunei
16 October 2000: Bill Clinton arrives at the Jerudong polo club in a silk shirt after the last session of the Apec summit in Brunei Photograph: Dirck Halstead/Getty Images
APEC Summit: 21 October 2001: Vladimir Putin chats with George Bush
21 October 2001: Vladimir Putin and George Bush in traditional silk jackets at the Apec summit in Shanghai, China Photograph: Eriko Sugita/EPA
APEC Summit: 17 October 2003: APEC foreign and trade ministers in Bangkok
17 October 2003: Apec foreign and trade ministers in silk shirts pose for the group photo in Bangkok, Thailand Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
APEC Summit: 21 November 2004: George Bush, wearing a traditional Chilean poncho
21 November 2004: George Bush, wearing a traditional Chilean poncho, walks with Ricardo Lagos and Vladimir Putin to the official photo session in Santiago, Chile Photograph: Tim Sloan/AFP
APEC Summit: 19 November 2005: Roh Moo-Hyun with APEC leaders in Busan, South Korea
19 November 2005: Roh Moo-Hyun poses with Apec leaders in traditional dress in Busan, South Korea Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
APEC Summit: 19 November 2006: George Bush and Vladimir Puti
19 November 2006: George Bush and Vladimir Putin, wearing a Vietnamese ao dai silk tunic in Hanoi, Vietnam Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP
APEC Summit: 8 September 2007: World leaders wearing Drizabone jackets
8 September 2007: World leaders wearing Drizabone jackets wave during a group photo during the Apec summit in Sydney, Australia Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
APEC Summit: 23 November 2008: A group photo during the APEC summit in Lima, Peru
23 November 2008: Delegates wear ponchos for the group photo in Lima, Peru Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP
APEC Summit: 14 November 2009: APEC summit in Singapore
14 November 2009: Barack Obama poses in traditional dress with leaders including Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, Philippines president Gloria Arroyo, Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien at the Singapore summit Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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