The first thing that came to mind when we really gave these sack shorts a good look was that it gives women the same silhouette that the thinnest of runway models has when they are literally bow legged from thinness. Is this why these shorts are the next hot thing on the runway? We certainly hope not. So far, and that said, we are much bigger fans of this silhouette when applied to trousers but maybe the whole thing will grow on us. Or maybe it will just get too hot not to wear them. At left, a pair from the Yves Saint Laurent Spring 09 show (Style.com's Sarah Mower said of the shorts, "...the concept of a garment that happens to be joined between the knees--worn with button-up shirts or tailored jackets--had gained a degree of visual inevitability that might be a staging post on the way to normality.") and, if you should want them cheaper and faster but still with a name you can drop to the street style photographer, check out Rei Kawakubo's pair for mass retailer, H&M. 

Who needs to have the perfect body when you're wearing garments that have a silhouette all their own--it would, in fact, be a blessing, the more we think about it. This Spring 2009, Valli showed, for example, those beautiful cocoon and traditional bell shapes that encourage you to put a warm meal and a good night's sleep above going to the gym at eleven o'clock at night. This kind of designer, however, would never put something "baggy" down the runway--these clothes can stand up just fine without having to be as tight as Herve Leger frocks. Valli's clothing is always the right mix of high fashion and classic feminine and with an aesthetic that is more democratic than, say, Balmain or Alexander Wang (tight and baggy respectively), we're guessing there will be many fans of his collection.