Delicate embroidery originally attached to leather pants (8)
I believe the answer is:
ethereal
'delicate' is the definition.
('ethereal' can be similar in meaning to 'delicate')
'embroidery originally attached to leather pants' is the wordplay.
'originally' suggests taking the first letters.
'attached to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pants' indicates anagramming the letters (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
The initial letter of 'embroidery' is 'e'.
'leather' is an anagram of 'thereal'.
'e'+'thereal'='ETHEREAL'
(Other definitions for ethereal that I've seen before include "Light, airy or spirit-like" , "Airy, celestial" , "Extremely delicate and light; otherworldly" , "Sublime" , "Airy or supernatural" .)