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We are all equal because we all wear underpants. That’s the idea behind artist Jan Bucquoy’s underpants museum in Brussels.

We are all equal because we all wear underpants. That’s the idea behind artist Jan Bucquoy’s underpants museum in Brussels.

The Musee Du Slip, which opened in July, already boasts of an impressive collection, thanks in large measure to the generous patronage of Belgian artists, singers and politicians. As for those who haven’t been so forthcoming, artist Bucquoy has taken over. So there’s Nicolas Sarkozy’s Y-front in the colours of the French flag pasted atop a fetching picture of the French President in lipstick and an Andy Warhol-style print of Margaret Thatcher sporting a skin-coloured flower-patterned panty. Every ‘celeb’ pair is accompanied by a certificate stating it has been worn by its owner for at least a day. “I say underpants are art, put them in a frame and create a new way of looking at the world,” says Bucquoy. He hopes to get underwear from Carla Bruni. But his dream is a pair from the Pope. Now, that’ll take some convincing.

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