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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

Infallible style: Pope Leo appears in Vanity Fair’s ranks of most fashionable

Pope Leo XIV in a baseball cap
Pope Leo XIV wearing a Chicago White Sox baseball cap in St Peter's Square. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

For the first time in a decade, Vanity Fair has released a best-dressed list. Featuring 70 names, the list ranks the most fashionable people in the world in 2026. The lineup includes the usual suspects spanning Hollywood actors and global pop stars but nestled among the Hollywood stars is an unexpected entrant. Pope Leo XIV.

The 70-year-old head of the Catholic church has been praised by the magazine for taking papal style “to heavenly heights”. His most memorable look? A simple white cassock styled with a pair of Nike trainers.

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