#Vestment

The chasuble is the lavish cloth mask for staging sanctity. Each thread conceals the weight of donations, artfully diverting worshippers' eyes from the sermon itself. It exists to gratify human vanity before the act of praying to God. The more it's draped, the greater the aura of authority—a glow of ornamentation that outshines pure faith.

A vestment is the sacred cosplay that wraps faith and self-importance in layers of cloth. No matter how majestic the embroidery, its true purpose is to remind the wearer of the fabric’s oppressive weight rather than divine inspiration. Worshippers marvel at the gleaming gold threads, while the clergy quietly suffer the torment of laundering and storage. On ceremonial days it parades in pomp, only to be banished to the closet the next, a fleeting symbol of ephemeral glory.