Another news 'flash'

0 Comments | USA TODAY, December, 2006 | by Maria Puente

Contrary to recent celebrity news reports, there might be times when it's OK to not wear panties. But it's not OK to be photographed in the act. Alas, Britney and Paris and Lindsay did not get the memo. They are surely not the only members of the Hollywood pantyless brigade, but Hilton, Spears and Lohan are the ones who repeatedly proved it in recent months by wearing hyper-short skirts and clumsily getting out of cars in front of paparazzi.

Now pictures of their genitalia are all over on the Internet. Even the fashion tribe is appalled: They insist it's not fashionable to "go commando." "You might go without underwear under tights or jeans, but not with the intention of being public about it," says Linda Wells, editor of Allure magazine. "It's common not to wear underwear...