Men Wearing Shorts in Rome
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John,<BR>Shorts aren't really cooler than long pants. They keep the sun off your legs. I think it has more to do with the fabric. Fashion is not my department but I think the choice between long and short is more a choice than a hot not so hot thing.<BR>
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Hi John. I love being a dissenter about shorts (and tank-tops, etc.) in churches. While they're not considered appropriate attire by religious officials and many other people, I consider them appropriate and if I ran a church would definitely allow them. Furthermore, I suspect God couldn't care less what you wear, caring far more about what's in your heart than what's on your body. <BR><BR>That being said, I (and God) don't make the rules for churches, so to be safe and respectful -- not to God, but to other people's aesthetic and/or religious sensibilities -- you'd best not bare your legs and knees (and shoulders and, I think, feet) in churches in Italy. <BR><BR>
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I was in Rome and Florence last year in late May early June. At first my wife and I wore long pants everywhere but noticed that many people--both men and women were allowed into Churches in Florence and Rome wearing bermuda shorts if they cover your knees. I think the Vatican ws the only place where you had to wear long pants. A suggestion is capris. However, women who did not cover their bare shoulders were not allowed into many churches unless they had a shawl or wrap.
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i've lived and worked in rome for years and they won't let you into churches with shorts on, also ladies skirts must be well past the knee. i would throw a pair of light pants in my knapsack and slip them on when i'd visit the churches...then on my way out, i'd take them off and be left with my skirt again. also both women and men MUST have their shoulders covered...ie. no tanktops! one last tip, on a fashion point of wiew, when in Rome, DO NOT WEAR SHORTS...you'll stick out as a tourist...ie. target for gypsie robbers.
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John, dear: wear explorer/cargo shorts or leather shorts with knee-high black socks and sandals. Do not wear deoderant. Speak with a Cherman accent and scowl. Or speak with an Australian accent and leer. No one will catch on that you are an American.<BR><BR>Seriously: NO shorts in churches!
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I just returned from Florence and Rome 2 days ago. No shorts please for women or men. My husband thanked me for advising him not to bring them. We saw shorts on men...stood out as tourists and the vatican does not allow (or bare shoulders on women) them in St. Peters. Addendum: Definintely see St. Peters. It's amazing.
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Many (most?) churches have signs at the door showing, pictorially (via a big "X" over the picture of the forbidden thing) what's not allowed: shorts, mini-skirts, taking photos, bare chests. The sign varies, but when there is one, shorts are always on the "X" list.