Red carpet events are the lifeblood of the entertainment business. Whenever there's a new film released, or an after-party for a new season of a successful television series, or an award show, you'll find a red carpet outside the venue. And when the celebrities arrive, they'll parade down said carpet, stopping to pose for photos and maybe answer a few questions. Tom Cruise used to use the red carpet as a forum for the meet'n'greet and talking on fans' mobile phones, before he went mad.

But it's the female celebs who really know how to work the paparazzi. Wrapped in the most expensive (and therefore "best") clothes money can buy (although they get them for free if they mention the designer's name on camera) the women of Hollywood work the carpet like the pros they are. Of course, the best clothes only cover what they need to! However, in recent years, a very particular faux pas has been occurring more and more often. You see, getting your photo taken on the red carpet isn't like having a holiday snap taken. Oh, no. Those photographers are professionals too, and they use powerful lights to get the right kind of exposure. And the particular kind of exposure they like best is when the actresses/singers/models wear clothes made of lighter materials. The lights are so powerful that they render such fabrics virtually transparent!

Hillary Swank was one of the first to have this happen to her. But it was conjectured that, because she had played a man in Boys Don't Cry, she may have been putting the twins on display to prove a point. Anne Hathaway famously had a similar experience at the premiere of School Of Rock. Again, she had been playing teenagers in children's flicks up to that point, so it probably did her career no harm to prove that she was all grown up now.

We've divided our pictures into the section below...

Defcon 4: Skimpy & Revealing Ten out of ten for effort.	Defcon 3: Transparent When powerful lights and flimsy material met... it was murder.
Defcon 2: Intentionally See-Through Why leave it to chance?	Defcon 1: Let Loose! There's a fine line below low-cut and causing a slip o' the nip'!

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