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"What&amp;#x27;s next, no pinkie rings or cigars? In an effort to combat its mafia image, new Sicilian governor Rita Barbera has banned the inmates from wearing designer suits at one particularly posh prison... Ucciardone in Palermo, Sicily has been called &amp;quot;Grand Hotel Ucciardone&amp;quot; because of the life of luxury its prisoners--many of whom are convicted mobsters--are afforded, including champagne and lobster soirees and the ability to lounge around in silk gowns. But no more; according to Racked, &amp;quot;Armani, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Valentino, and Versace have all been outlawed.&amp;quot; So why are they separating these men from their beloved designer duds? As Governor Barberi tells it, &amp;quot;Prison is a place of punishment and every inmate has the same status so any symbol of luxury be it designer clothes or designer gadgets that would suggest power or financial supremacy must go. In prison the tiniest things can make a difference so imagine what inmates wearing designer clothes has--there are even those that wear fakes so as to keep up their image.&amp;quot; At least one mob wife was totally miffed by the policy: &amp;quot;My husband will have to walk about in the nude,&amp;quot; she told an Italian newspaper. &amp;quot;All he has is designer label clothes--not because he is flashy but because the quality is better. Why humiliate him?&amp;quot; Ah yes, how humiliating! To be locked up for a crime...and forced to wear something from Men&amp;#x27;s Warehouse? The horror! PLUS... - 377 words on why Ryan Gosling is the best dressed man in Hollywood AND! - The hottest trend out of men&amp;#x27;s fashion week in Europe? Guys in skirts! More Ways to Get Glamour: NEW! Now You Can Read Glamour on Flipboard! Get the latest fashion updates via Twitter on @glamour_fashion Check our chic Tumblr! Read Glamour magazine on your iPad&amp;amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). And, did you know you can read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster. Photo: courtesy of the Everett Collection Want even more STF? Follow us on Twitter! Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;cindi_leive&amp;quot;], count: 3});"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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