"Project Runway": Why Everyone Hates Pants

Lindy Parker — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:20:00 GMT

This week the designers created outfits that would blend seamlessly into Diane von Furstenberg's fall collection based on the 1948 Marlene Dietrich movie, A Foreign Affair. Most of the designers took Dietrich's role as a cafe-singer-turned-spy quite literally -- there were a lot of trench coats on the runway. Leanne won for the second time in a row, no doubt securing herself as a target of vitriole and sabotage for weeks to come.

It seemed as though most of this week's episode was spent hating Terri for her repeated use of the well tailored pant in her designs. We can't really understand this criticism. So, she makes a lot of pants, what's the problem? Perhaps they'd prefer she make something a little more versatile for a woman-on-the-go like, say, a kimono?

Here's a look at the outfit we found most perplexing...

The question is, where have these hammer-capris been all our lives? Also, are they tied at the knees with some kind of floss? It looks a bit as though she just stuck her legs through the arms of a silk blouse and pretended they were pants. Regardless, we love Blayne in all his tanfastic glory, if only for his worshipful use of ascots.

The Remote Island : A Foreign Affair

"Project Runway": Why Everyone Hates Pants