Late Night: Hillary Fashion Bashing and Gossip

From ABC News Entertainment

Which of these two people is more tastefully dressed? The guy on the left, Tim Gunn of something called “Project Runway,” doesn’t care for the way the woman on the right dresses. Well, I think his outfit is horrid.

Things got a little “Mean Girls” on Tuesday’s “Lopez Tonight” when “Project Runway” guru Tim Gunn expressed his exasperation over Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s sartorial choices.

“Why must she dress that way?” Gunn asked when Lopez brought up Hill’s outfits. But then came the kicker – a dig about Clinton’s dressing like a dude: “I think she’s confused about her gender [with] all these big, baggy menswear tailored pantsuits.”

This was followed by a discussion of “cankles.” Ugh! Why does this man feel entitled to judge the Secretary of State’s fashion sense?

One problem for Gunn. According to Lindsay Mannering at “The Stir,” Gunn was recycling material he had previously used on Conan O’Brien in 2008,

Listen, it’s one thing to make fun of our former first lady’s fashion, but it’s a whole ‘nother thing to use recycled material. Gunn said the same exact thing on Conan O’Brien’s show back in 2008. Come on, Gunn! If you’re going to insult Hillary, you better make sure you’re being a) original and b) accurate. I think Hill’s got some style.

She’s worn some beautiful, and stylish, outfits over the years, and I think she just gets better with time. Sure, some of her pantsuits aren’t putting her on the best-dressed lists, but this woman’s got a job and a professional air to maintain….And I don’t hear Gunn going after Timothy Geithner’s ties, or Obama’s shoes, or Chris Christie’s bulging buttons, so let’s put the claws away for a second and remember that sometimes fashion takes a back seat to a job well done.

Personally, I like Hillary’s outfits, and I think Tim Gunn–whoever he is–should STFU and find a real job.

Now for the gossip.

Former White House chief florist Nancy Clarke has a closet full of such insider tales from her 31 years with six first ladies from Rosalynn Carter (favored barbecue dinners) to Michelle Obama (prefers gala apples over flowers). And now, two years after leaving the White House, she’s written a rare behind-the-scenes book, My First Ladies, due out in September.

Clarke describes Hillary as

a mix of dignity and schoolgirl. When the Monica Lewinsky affair broke, Clinton didn’t show her feelings to staff and, Clarke says, never engaged in the kinds of fighting with her husband that was described in the media. Once, Clarke took the elevator to the presidential residence and saw Clinton dash naked from her bathroom to the bedroom. “We looked at each other and we both screamed,” Clarke writes. Clinton joked about it later. “She said it was like living in her sorority house again.”

What a great story. It just makes me like Hillary and her pants suits more than ever.