ROma, 24 Apr. (askanews) – The Roman tailoring Gammarelli traditionally Prepare the vestments for the new popebut this time he claims to have not been commissioned by the Vatican to make the new dress for the pontiff who will be elected. The shop owner, Lorenzo Gammarelli, is said to be “a little disappointed”.
“We have received communication from the Vatican and we will not make the three clothes. Even in the sadness of the moment for the death of Pope Francis, there was a positive aspect in the fact that we made the vestments for the new Holy Father, we see for the neighbor”.
The tailor thinks that The Vatican will choose One of the many tonache made in the past also in the sign of moderation requested by Pope Francis.
“They could probably be that of previous conclavesbecause every time we made three vestments and only one has been used. “
Each time the vestments in three sizes were made by the Sartoria Gammarelli: high, medium and low. It takes three and a half days of work to cut the fabric for a complete tunic, prepare it and sew it by hand.
“The company was founded in 1798 and is still managed by the same family, the Gammarelli family. We have no documentation of the early years, but certainly since the beginning of the twentieth century we have dressed every new Pope”.
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