See World Leaders Wearing Local Attire at Past APEC Summits

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.

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.

U.S. President George W. Bush, wearing a poncho, arrives for the official photograph for the APEC Summit on Nov. 23, 2008 in Lima, Peru.

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.

Clad in traditional South Korean outfits, U.S. President George W. Bush and Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo proceed to a photo session during the APEC Summit in Pusan, South Korea on Nov. 19, 2005.

APEC leaders, from left, Koo Chen-fu of Taiwan, Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa and U.S. President Bill Clinton do "the wave" while wearing a traditional "barong tagalog" from the Philippines at the APEC Summit in Subic Bay, Philippines on Nov. 25, 1996.

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S.President George W. Bush wear traditional Chinese silk coats at the APEC Summit in Shanghai on Oct. 21, 2001.

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.

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.

U.S. President Bill Clinton poses with leaders at the APEC Summit on Nov. 14, 2000 in Brunei Darussalam.

Ministers and delegates of the 11th APEC Summit pose for a photo wearing local garb in Santiago on Sept. 3, 2004.