Dark pocketless pants, black closed-toe shoes, sailor-style cloth shirt – striped or white in the summer or dark with a jacket in the winter. Do you recognize it? It’s the dress code of the over 400 gondoliers that swing along the waters of the Laguna.
The precision, the details and the hidden stories intertwined in the thread of their attire make it par to none: the space between one stripe and the other must be categorically 2.4 centimeters. Their water and windproof hat also has a leather lining that protects from the heat. Holding it in your hand and folding the circular base, the hat must make a unique sound, the sound that was once known to attract the ladies.
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