Editing Pope Benedict XVI (section)

=== Attire ===
{{Main|Ceremonial of Benedict&nbsp;XVI}}
[[File:Benedikt XVI.jpg|thumb|right|Benedict wearing a red [[Cappello romano]] during an open-air Mass in front of [[St. Peter's Basilica]], 2007]]

Benedict re-introduced several [[papal garments]] which had fallen into disuse. He resumed the use of the traditional red [[papal shoes]], which had been used since Roman times by popes but which had fallen into disuse during the pontificate of John Paul{{nbsp}}II. Contrary to the initial speculation of the press that the shoes had been made by the Italian fashion house [[Prada]], the [[Holy See|Vatican]] announced that the shoes were provided by the Pope's personal shoemaker.<ref name="WSJ">Meichtry, Stacy [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114591920439834611 "Does the Pope Wear Prada?"] ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2007. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130728210833/http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114591920439834611-OtBN7F_qbGxt2YstGeEXX1WoMzQ_20060524.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top WebCitation archive]</ref><!-- papal taylor: [[Ditta Annibale Gammarelli]]-->

The journalist Charlotte Allen described Benedict as "the pope of aesthetics": "He has reminded a world that looks increasingly ugly and debased that there is such a thing as the beautiful{{snd}}whether it's embodied in a sonata or an altarpiece or an embroidered cope or the cut of a cassock{{snd}}and that earthly beauty ultimately communicates a beauty that is beyond earthly things."<ref name="latimes1" />