Meet a Vatican Tailor

Monday, September 24th, 2018

Measure, pin, cut and sew. Once a high-fashion tailor, Ety Cicioni is now customizing cardinal cassocks and Swiss Guard uniforms in a quaint office in the barracks of the papal soldiers, across from the entrance of St. Anne’s Door.

It has been 22 years since Cicioni began hand-crafting ecclesiastical garments. Continue reading

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