The sun was shining, it was a beautiful day...
But thankfully Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi didn't take that as his cue to bare the flesh as he headed for a yacht while holidaying in Italy.
Instead the 72-year-old covered up in a white robe in a surprisingly modest turn for the womanising politician.
Time to relax: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (left) dressed in a bathrobe as he headed for a luxury yacht while holidaying in Italy
The lothario is currently on a three-week break where he is due to spend time with his family and celebrate the birthday of his daughter Marina.
Perhaps he decided to dress down after pictures emerged of Peter Mandelson on holiday in Corfu dressed in a series unflattering overly casual outfits, including linen drawstring trousers.
As Mr Berlusconi made his way on to the yacht, armed guards were pictured surrounding him.
Protection: Armed guards were seen surrounding the politician on Sunday
Earlier this week the politician said he had nothing to apologise for over the sex scandals that have surrounded him.
His reputation has been battered by often explicit disclosures about his womanising and instead boasted about his support among Italians.
'Nobody can blackmail me and I have no skeletons in the closet. I have nothing to apologise for in my private life,' he said at a news conference.
Mr Berlusconi's wife Veronica Lario said in May that she wanted a divorce over his relationship with a teenage girl from Naples.
Mr Berlusconi said earlier this week he had nothing to apologise for over the sex scandals that have surrounded himThe disclosure was followed by stories of escorts spending the night at his home and reports of intimate conversations secretly taped by one woman, Patrizia D'Addario.
Mr Berlusconi, who denies ever paying for sex, has acknowledged he is 'no saint'.
But at the news conference he denied accusations of chauvinism, fuelled by his sexist jokes and preference for pretty women for political posts.
'The foreign press has written that I hate women,' he said. 'If there is one thing I adore, it is women.'
An opposition senator said it was a 'sad spectacle' to see Mr Berlusconi saying his government was the best while Italy was mired in recession.
He was pictured earlier in the day arriving at the airport in Italy
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