OTTAWA — Anyone watching question period in the House of Commons today would be forgiven for thinking they'd tuned into fashion television.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and interim Liberal leader Bill Graham traded barbs over the recent Asia Pacific Summit and the best place to wear a silk gown.

It started by Graham kidding the prime minister about the blue gown he wore for a photo op in Vietnam, telling Harper he "looked spectacular.''

The prime minister shot back that wearing local garb is a tradition at the APEC summit and that unlike Graham, he was wears his "silk on the outside.''

Not to be outdone, Graham said he's certain he has just as many embarassing pictures of himself as the ones of Harper in Hanoi.

The prime minister assured the Opposition leader that he'll use his influence with the media to keep Graham's pictures from being published.