Bianca Censori was photographed shopping at Williams Sonoma at The Grove in Los Angeles last week, in a long-sleeved brown zip-front bodysuit with padding at the elbows and sheer, snakeskin-patterned knee-high boots, picking out holiday decorations and reportedly spending around $2,000 (£1,500). When the pictures went up on Threads, one reply appeared among the most-liked responses: 'What does she have against pants?'
Most of the jokes focused on where she was rather than what she had on. 'That's what I always wear to Williams Sonoma,' one reader wrote, and was corrected underneath with a single word: 'Walmart.' Another went at the class politics of it directly: 'Anyone else sick of seeing this woman out in her knickers? It's like going to the supermarket in pyjamas but for rich people.'
A few readers were looking at a different part of the frame. 'Her hair color is so pretty, but why does she need elbow pads? Is she going roller skating later?' one asked. 'Are her elbows padded?' said another, while a third had no questions at all: 'i fucking llllove the elbow pads.'
Bianca Censori spotted shopping at Williams Sonoma at The Grove in LA 📸@BackgridUS pic.twitter.com/htkW88BHzc
— deuxmoi (@deuxmoiworld) November 6, 2026
Fashion Gave Up Trousers Years Ago
'I'm old, but when did pants become optional?' one reader asked. Fashion writers have been documenting a rise in trouserless styling since the spring 2023 collections, with brands including Bottega Veneta, Victoria Beckham, Miu Miu and Coperni showcasing version of the look on the runway. By the 2025 Met Gala there were enough bare legs on the carpet to earn the look its own trend write-ups. Sabrina Carpenter wore a burgundy Louis Vuitton tailcoat over a matching bodysuit and nothing else, and Hailey Bieber went in a Saint Laurent blazer cut as a minidress.
It has not slowed down since. Sydney Sweeney was photographed in SoHo on 14 October in brown mini shorts and matching knee-high boots, and was written up the next day as having mastered transitional dressing. Censori's outfit reflects a more extreme version of the same aesthetic. The setting, a kitchenware shop in a shopping mall rather than a fashion event, may help explain the stronger public reaction.
The Argument Under the Jokes
Both posts reached for the same comparison. 'She looks like an awkward robot,' one reader wrote on Threads, where someone else put the scene elsewhere entirely: 'It's like a scene from a movie where an alien goes to the mall.' Over on X, a reply asked why she was 'standing there like a mannequin.'
Why she standing there like a mannequin
— Bhushan (@Shitpost_44) November 7, 2026
The same Threads post carried a harder disagreement about whether she is choosing any of this. 'Can she stop making those faces like she's a captive? She's obviously choosing this,' one wrote, and the reply agreed: 'It's all part of the act.' Someone on X got there from a warmer direction: 'I love that she's committed to the bit.'
What all of it leaves out is her day job. Censori's LinkedIn lists her as head of architecture at Yeezy, where she started in 2020 as an architectural designer. She holds architecture degrees from the University of Melbourne, and in 2022 gave an online guest lecture on primitive futurism to architecture students at the University of Malta. Beyond the public discussion surrounding her fashion choices, she also has an established career in architecture and design.
