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BigmanPigman

(52,916 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:29 AM Yesterday

Does anyone besides me love the Swiss Guard/Vatican outfits?

I've always loved their colors and style. In fact, they remind me a lot of the clothes from the TV show The Nanny. I was trained in fashion and these designs are quite attractive. Michelangelo didn't design them, as rumored, but the colors were inspired by him.

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Does anyone besides me love the Swiss Guard/Vatican outfits? (Original Post) BigmanPigman Yesterday OP

I do! I also love the outfits of the guys in Siena who each come from a separate "contrada" fierywoman Yesterday #1

I've seen them! BigmanPigman Yesterday #2

They are so cool, luv it...and the Warders or Beefeaters at the Tower of London, very groovy... wcmagumba Yesterday #3

I've always loved them. murielm99 Yesterday #4

Nice outfits, but I found them a little scary multigraincracker Yesterday #5

I took a course... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #6

Lethal Dudes with Fashion Sense FrankTC 22 hrs ago #7

I have no problem with them. They reflect the history of the Papacy. Fla Dem 19 hrs ago #8

fierywoman

(8,284 posts)

1. I do! I also love the outfits of the guys in Siena who each come from a separate "contrada"

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:34 AM

Yesterday

(+/- neighborhood...) who do the flag demos in the weeks leading up to the Palio (horse race.) I've always been jealous of their tights!

BigmanPigman

(52,916 posts)

2. I've seen them!

Reply to fierywoman (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:36 AM

Yesterday

You're right!

wcmagumba

(3,857 posts)

3. They are so cool, luv it...and the Warders or Beefeaters at the Tower of London, very groovy...

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:36 AM

Yesterday

murielm99

(31,859 posts)

4. I've always loved them.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:45 AM

Yesterday

They go back to the Renaissance, very traditional. Everything about Vatican City is traditional and beautiful.
I am not Catholic, but I respected this Pope.

multigraincracker

(35,492 posts)

5. Nice outfits, but I found them a little scary

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:57 AM

Yesterday

during a visit to Italy. Mostly because I had no idea what power they held.

littlemissmartypants

(27,307 posts)

6. I took a course...

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:44 AM

Yesterday

The History of Fashion and I still look at my big fat textbook on occasion.

I loved the guards, too. I also enjoyed seeing the ensembles of the representatives from the Eastern Catholic contingent and really all of the pageantry.

Also, one of my prize possessions is a framed original fashion plate of a woman's dress with a bustle and a matching parasol.

❤️

FrankTC

(241 posts)

7. Lethal Dudes with Fashion Sense

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:01 AM

22 hrs ago

It’s the total effect. These guys have military special forces training. They could filet you with their pike and look good doing it. Formidable people.

Fla Dem

(26,564 posts)

8. I have no problem with them. They reflect the history of the Papacy.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:35 AM

19 hrs ago

Similar to British ceremonial dress.

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