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In the grand tradition of the Fauxteur Fashion Minute, in which our readers offhandedly critique the sartorial shortcomings of some of the entertainment industry's hackiest directors, comes today's premiere installment of the Former Studio Head FashionWatch, in which the Defamer Special Correspondent on Retired Executive Outerwear offers ideas on how Paramount living legend Sherry Lansing and filmmaker husband William Friedkin might spice up their wardrobes:

Saw Sherry Lansing and William Friedkin dining with another unknown couple in a banquette at La Dolce Vita in Beverly Hills Monday night, June 12th. Both Friedkin and Lansing could use a wardrobe makeover since her unflattering black suit was so plain it was almost nondescript. At least she could have unbuttoned her jacket at the dinner table. Lansing is certainly pretty enough to pull off a glam/fem Wunderkind designer power suit. Who or what was she hiding from? Her beautiful, savvy self? I say wear killer suits with the boardroom boys and., make no apologies about it when doing the office-to-dinner dash. We'll still think of you as a serious business person... now one with taste who remembers that she's a woman, too.

Mr. F. has got to lose the burnt-orange leather bomber jacket which he wore all through dinner. He hasn't made a great movie since '73, but someone should tell him that they have made great jackets since then. And eyeglasses, And pants. And hair product. And...

It's tough love, sure, but we bet that the next time Lansing and Friedkin step out for a nice meal, they're decked out in something a little sassier.