Vicenza, Italy: it's the vestments fair!

[shenmue]

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From the article:

Once every two years Catholic clergy from the four corners of the world come to Vicenza to buy church supplies, learn how to enhance their liturgy or just to renew their wardrobe.

[rug]

1. All right, now what's this about?

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

3. I very much like the purple chasuble

The priest in the middle is clearly a member of the order of St Wavy Gravy.

Here is the founder of the order, in his favorite dalmatic

[okasha]

2. A lot of beautiful things there.

Some of those chasubles are genuine fiber art.