Written by Leah Dolan, CNN
‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, this week’s edition focuses on a peculiar image of Pope Francis that set the internet alight over the weekend. Widely circulated on social media, the picture shows the 86-year-old pontiff dressed in a chunky longline white puffer coat, cinched at the waist and seemingly layered with other winter weather streetwear. It appeared to be a drastic departure from the typical regalia — robes, stoles and tall, pointed miter hats — often worn in the papal household. The outfit prompted a torrent of tongue-in-cheek questions online: Did the Pope have a new stylist? Has he always had a stylist? Was the look inspired by the backing dancers at Rihanna’s Superbowl show? More than anything, however, social media users exclaimed how they couldn’t believe the image was real. And it wasn’t. Twitter has since attached a contextual footnote to several of…
2023-03-29 03:20:23
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