Spring 2014 Trends: Sheer Is In, Underwear Is Out, As Paris Hilton Helpfully Demonstrates

Paris Hilton hasn’t really been culturally relevant for about half a decade now, but on a slow news day gossip hounds can always rely on the heiress to have done something scandalous enough to merit a headline. In this case, the issue was with the dress Ms Hilton wore to Diddy's Red Carpet Pre-Grammy Celebration on Thursday. It was a sequined black number, unremarkable in most ways, except for the fact that it had a sheer black V-shaped panel straight down the front, which showed off… well, not Paris’ underwear, because there was none, as Us Magazine reports.

For some reason, the internet is having a fit over Hilton going pantsless, although she certainly isn’t the first person in history, or even in Hollywood, to do so. Although we have to give it to Mrs. Hilton – at 33, the heiress is looking as fine as ever.

Of course, Hilton isn’t the first to opt for the slightly risqué side panel look. Gwyneth Paltrow opted for a similar style in black and white for the Iron Man 3 premiere, while another Marvel lady, Jaimie Alexander, tried out an even more revealing panel dress for the Thor: The Dark World premiere later in the year. We’re going to go ahead and call it the half butt dress and it was pretty impressive.