The Pope ain't wearing Prada
However, eyebrows started raising a year and a half ago after Pope Benedict XVI was photographed in a pair of red shoes that were possibly Prada and was subsequently named 'Accessoriser of the Year' by Esquire. Now, the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has spoken up about the Pope's sense of fashion, saying, "The Pope does not wear Prada, but Christ. His worries are not about accessories, but the essential."
The paper added the color red has clear sacrificial significance, and while it didn't say who did make the now famous red shoes, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that they were cobbled by Adriano Stefanelli, and definitely not Prada.
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