Knickers in a twist over Gitmo

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European dismay over the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo has emerged in a new forum: on the catwalk during London Fashion Week.

Designer Vivienne Westwood dressed one of her underwear models in orange and black bra and panties, evocative of the prison jumpsuits and blackout hoods worn by men the Pentagon has deemed ‘enemy combatants.’ About 275 foreign terrorism suspects are jailed indefinitely in the prison network at the U.S. naval base in southern Cuba.

In a runway strut Thursday, a model flashed photographers with a pantied derriere printed with Westwood’s opinion about the controversial war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo: ‘Fair trial my arse.’

The protest lingerie, which comes with handcuffs, retails for 35 pounds sterling, or about $70.

-- Carol J. Williams in Miami