text: Neither Christ nor the apostles nor the early Christian movement required elaborate vestments to celebrate the miracle of the Eucharist. It's primarily an innovation of the Middle Ages. Like any tradition, it's subject to reform and change. We must avoid divinizing human tradition; such is a form of idolatry. Personally, I prefer simple vestments during ordinary time and daily masses, reserving the more elaborate dress for high masses especially Christmas and Easter. I think it adds to the significance of those feasts when there's a factor of foreignness to it.