Gillian Anderson faced a dilemma on the night of the 2001 Vanity Fair Oscar’s After Party. She had to rethink going commando when she noticed her pubic hair poked through her gown. So, although the low back of the design would inevitably reveal her underwear she opted for a thong. Little did she know that this inconspicuous thong would send her outfit straight to the history books. A thong poking out of an otherwise elegant red carpet dress? How punk, and also, whether she knew it or not, bang on trend. It was the early noughties when thongs became visible on all sorts of Hollywood starlettes. Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Halle Berry all tried these low wasted looks, and it was Tom Ford who had introduced a thong strap to the runway a few years before in his Gucci 1998 spring collection.
