![INDONESIA-APEC-SUMMIT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, wearing a traditional Balinese woven fabric called an "endek," arrives at a gala for the leaders at the APEC Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Oct. 7, 2013.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-021.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![CORRECTION Host and Indonesian presiden Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit host and Indonesian president, Suharto, center left, poses with Mexican President Carlos Salinas, from left, Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and South Korean President Kim Young-Sam during a group photo in Bogar, Indonesia, on Nov. 16, 1994. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-011.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![INDONESIA-APEC-SUMMIT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, wearing a traditional Balinese woven fabric called an "endek," arrives at a gala for the leaders at the APEC Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Oct. 7, 2013.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-021.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![US President George W. Bush, wearing a p U.S. President George W. Bush, wearing a poncho, arrives for the official photograph for the APEC Summit on Nov. 23, 2008 in Lima.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-031.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Barack Obama, Yukio Hatoyama, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Lee Hsien Loong, Hu Jintao U.S. President Barack Obama poses with APEC leaders in traditional shirts for a group photo at the APEC Summit in Singapore on Nov. 14, 2009.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-041.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Clad in traditional South Korean outfits Clad in traditional South Korean outfits](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-051.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Bill Clinton, Koo Chen-fu, Banharn Silpa-archa Bill Clinton, Koo Chen-fu, Banharn Silpa-archa](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-061.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mujizzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan of Brunei (front APEC leaders, clockwise from top left, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, U.S. President George Bush, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mujizzaddin Waddaulah, of Brunei, and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark pose for a photo call wearing the Chilean traditional Chamanto at the APEC Summit in Santiago on Nov. 21, 2004.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-071.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) chats with US Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) chats with US](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-081.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![CHINA-APEC-SUMMIT U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan as he arrives for the APEC Summit banquet in the Chinese capital Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-091.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![US President George W. Bush (R) chats wi From left, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush wear traditional attire during the APEC Summit in Hanoi on Nov. 19, 2006.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-101.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit U.S. President Bill Clinton poses with leaders at the APEC Summit on Nov. 14, 2000 in Brunei Darussalam.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-111.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ministers and delegates of the 11th APEC Ministers and delegates of the 11th APEC Summit pose for a photo wearing local garb in Santiago on Sept. 3, 2004.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apec-leaders-local-garb-traditional-clothing-121.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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