Was in front of her nose, turned out in leather shorts (10)
I believe the answer is:
lederhosen
'leather shorts' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'was in front of her nose turned out' is the wordplay.
'was in front' becomes 'led' (I've seen this in another clue).
'of' indicates an anagram (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'turned out' indicates anagramming the letters (turn out can mean to organise).
'her' anagrammed gives 'erh'.
'nose' with letters rearranged gives 'osen'.
'led'+'erh'+'osen'='LEDERHOSEN'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for lederhosen that I've seen before include "Bavarian leather shorts" , "pants" , "German outfit" , "Short leather trousers with braces" , "Clothing" .)