Panties, please

Starlets are giving fans a real eyeful

Hollywood has its share of dubious fashion trends: the purse-sized Chihuahua, the oversized sunglasses, the return of leg warmers.

But the apparent desire by some of Hollywood's hottest young female stars to be photographed getting in and out of limousines in short skirts while wearing absolutely no undergarments is arguably one of Tinseltown's most disturbing new crazes.

Britney Spears is the latest celeb to be repeatedly caught on film with her genitals on display, following in the footsteps of Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. In Britney Spears's case, her C-section scar is also visible. The pictures were all over the Net this week, as were recent pictures of Lindsay Lohan -- sans skivvies -- stepping out of limousines.

Paris Hilton, too, has frequently been photographed with her private parts clearly visible in an apparent new fad that makes Sharon Stone's groundbreaking scene in Basic Instinct seem as tame as Martha Stewart demurely preparing a dish of oysters Rockefeller.

Are they doing it on purpose?

"Of course they're doing it on purpose," says Toronto-based podcaster Stephen Knifton of Popstream Productions. "I think Paris Hilton was the first person to supposedly do it accidentally, but when you're a celebrity well known just for being famous and you have no other discernible talent, then you're going to use whatever you have to stay famous."

The crotch shots and Britney Spears's new friendship with Paris Hilton seem to be the final straw for some of the singer's fans, who have stuck by her through her marriage and recent separation from Kevin Federline.

"Britney, I love you no matter what," wrote a fan called Geo on Britney Spears's myspace page, "but please get away from the Parasite and put some underwear on."

Source theglobeandmall.com