'They saw everything!': Anne Hathaway left 'devastated' after she's embarrassingly pictured without underwear

It famously happened to Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, but now usually demure Anne Hathaway has also been caught stepping out of a car without underwear on.

In what is already being dubbed as 'Full Hathaway gate', the Les Miserables star suffered the pretty major wardrobe malfunction as she attended the premiere of her latest movie hit in New York on Monday.

Stepping out of her car and onto the red carpet, paparazzi's caught a full glimpse of Anne - on the night she chose to forgo underwear.

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Indecent exposure: Anne Hathaway was pictured getting out of her car at the New York premiere of Les Miserables, and she exposed a little too much as she wasn't wearing underwear

Indecent exposure: Anne Hathaway was pictured awkwardly getting out of her car at the New York premiere of Les Misérables, and she exposed her lack of underwear (not pictured)

The split that did it: Anne in the dress that showed off her lady parts as she got out of the car to attend the premiere of Les Miserabes in New York on Monday

The tight split that did it: Anne seen here looking a bit more demure at the premiere of Les Miserabes in New York on Monday

The usually sophisticated actress was clearly embarrassed by the wardrobe malfunction, which was largely due to the thigh high split of her black figure-hugging dress falling open as she got out of the car by swinging both her legs onto the pavement, flashing her lady parts in the process.

And Anne, 30, was overheard telling Vanity Fair writer Ingrid Sischy at a luncheon the following day about the 'devastation' of the mishap.

'I was getting out of the car and my dress was so tight that I didn’t realize it until I saw all the photographers’ flashes,” Anne told the journalist at the luncheon, as reported by NY Daily News.

Save me from myself! Anne holds onto co-star Hugh Jackman as she attends another event the day after 'the incident'

Back to her A-game: The actress has since redeemed herself in a pretty sequined frock sans split

'It was devastating. They saw everything. I might as well have lifted up my skirt for them.'

Since the unfortunate mishap, which is out of character for the usually demure and pulled together Anne, many fashion editors have offered words of advice on how to avoid showing off too much flesh.

'It’s so much better to be caught in Spanx,' one fashionista said.

Keeping those legs firmly crossed: Anne has made a flurry of appearances to support her new film Les Miserables, seen here on the Jimmy Fallon show

Though Anne can be consoled by the thought that most celebrities have endured an embarrassing wardrobe mishap, as many have yet to master the art of stepping out of a car.

Even Kate Middleton was once famously photographed revealing her underwear trying to get out of a vehicle, and many have flashed a little too much of their cleavages on the red carpet.

The director of the Etiquette School of New York, Patricia Fitzpatrick, advised: 'Knees together girls! When you’re sitting, you sit with your knees touching.'

Or better yet: 'Wear underwear!'