Excuse me miss, but i can see your Spanx

DKNY, Giorgio Armani, Prada and DKNY, Spring 2010 - photos courtesy style.com  

Like many of you, I was appalled when Britney was going through her drunken, chicken-fried phase a few years ago and continuously flashed her private bits to the paps while exiting her chauffeur-driven car.  It was a serious cry for help.  Now, if wearing bike shorts had been au-courant back then, we may never have had to endure her indecent exposures.  I cannot think of any other good reason for the current trend.  Respectable designers like Armani, Donna Karan and Miuccia Prada purposely exposed Spanx and bike shorts from beneath skirts and shorts and have tried with all their might to make the trend catch, even going as far as giving the green light to wearing them solo.  With bikes being a responsibly green way of getting from point A to B, I suppose it was only a matter of time before runways mimicked reality and tapped into bicycle culture.  I personally feel that if your skirt is that short and your gams can't handle the exposure, get a longer skirt.  Once again, however, I feel a little torn because the hot pink numbers peeking out from shorts at DKNY were pretty cute.  How do you feel about bike shorts?  Are they best left to couriers and Lance Armstrong or worthy of serious fashion consideration?  Discuss.