Julianne Hough Side Boob Has Its Day On The Red Carpet (PHOTOS, POLL)

Sheer is a dangerous thing. So is side boob. Together, the two are (potentially) a recipe for disaster.

So hats off to Julianne Hough, the brave soul who walked last night's Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Style red carpet in a sheer long-sleeve dress that covered a mere fraction of her upper body. All hail the side boob!

To be fair, Hough's DKNY frock does balance the sexy transparent top with a ladylike skirt and a high neckline. Yet the square piece of fabric constituting the top is rather daring, not to mention totally bra-prohibitive.

Given the cuteness of this dress (and Hough in general), we have to ask: is side boob always a bad thing? We've lamented the strange trend before, but this little number on Julianne is fairly adorable...

Quick Poll

Can "side boob" ever look good?

SURE! On the right dress with the right body.

NO WAY. Always looks tacky, no matter what.

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• Anne Hathaway

  New York, March 2005 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Anne Hathaway

  New York, March 2005 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Angelina Jolie

  Loaded Magazine, August 2000

• Jennifer Aniston

  GQ, December 2005

• Cameron Diaz

  Cosmopolitan, June 2011

• Jessica Biel

  W Magazine, March 2012

• Gwyneth Paltrow

  Harper's Bazaar, March 2012

• Lauren Conrad

  Glamour, May 2012

• Giselle Bundchen

  New York, May 2008 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Giselle Bundchen

  New York, May 2008 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Lindsay Lohan

  Los Angeles, July 2009 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Lindsay Lohan

  Los Angeles, July 2009 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Lindsay Lohan

  Malibu, July 2009 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Lindsay Lohan

  Malibu, July 2009 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Katy Perry

  Los Angeles, January 2010 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Katy Perry

  Los Angeles, January 2010 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Audrina Patridge

  Las Vegas, May 2010 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Audrina Patridge

  Las Vegas, May 2010 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Rachel McAdams

  London, January 2011 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Rachel McAdams

  London, January 2011 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

  London, June 2011 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

  London, June 2011 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Diane Kruger

  Beverly Hills, December 2011 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Diane Kruger

  Beverly Hills, December 2011 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

• Calvin Klein

  1992

• American Apparel

• American Apparel

• Jil Sander

  Fall 2010

• Guess Jeans

  Spring 2012

• Julianne Hough

  (Getty photo)

• Gwyneth Paltrow

  (WIreImage photo)

• Mischa Barton

  (Getty photo)

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Comments

[FuzzyTalz]

04:48 PM on 02/21/2013

Who is this woman, and why does anyone who's ever had any sort of sexual activity themselves (with another person, that is) care about her boobs?

[kbrown2225]

03:11 PM on 02/21/2013

Hey, side boob is better then no boob at all!

[dtravis]

02:20 PM on 02/20/2013

No such thing as too much boob of any kind. Front, back, top, side, bottom, I love them all.

[boomiesmom]

07:29 PM on 04/21/2012

Don't like the severe hair. She is young enough and has the figure to get away with the dress. But , with her lovely hair she needs not to wear it like a 1920's 'school marm'.

[lagik]

06:51 PM on 04/21/2012

gotta love the side-show!
best part of this dress,
too bad nobody noticed the shoes!

[ebbjib75]

06:18 PM on 04/21/2012

Sounds like the ay's have it - yes on the side boob(I like it) and the ney's are shot down even though there seems to be a lot of cat claws coming out in this room right now ~ meowwwwww

[colysu]

06:01 PM on 04/21/2012

Dress is totally ugly, lipstick does not match but shoes are great! She usually looks more put together than this. If she were standing with better posture it might improve...nah nothing changes the fact that the dress is just ugly.

[average77]

05:41 PM on 04/21/2012

big damn deal.
women wore outfits with side-boobage in the past. I have especially noticed this in the '70s. ::smh::

[josielee]

05:31 PM on 04/21/2012

The dress is hideous from the waist up...it looks like a bib.

The shoes are fabulous!

[JBaker]

11:17 PM on 04/22/2012

But how does she walk more than 50 yards before calling an ambulance?

[jwolverine723]

03:17 AM on 04/21/2012

Its sexy like a preview of things to come

[DipperDan]

09:43 PM on 04/20/2012

Not a great picture of her at all. The dress is ugly and excuse me, but the boob thing is stupid looking and just plain tacky. Would of looked better if it had been cut in the front.
She was one lady who I thought would of dressed a little more classy...she has let me down with this dress.

[rlj13]

12:32 PM on 04/20/2012

Are you kidding? How can side boob ever not look good?? I mean, the dress is butt-ugly but the boobs are great.

[diabmang]

12:24 PM on 04/20/2012

Not her best look - and not just because of the side boob.

[betamale23]

03:45 PM on 04/20/2012

I agree, although she has a smoke'n bod, her hair and face are not the best that I have ever seen her look. Nice boobs, but overall disappointed.

[maria52]

03:59 PM on 04/20/2012

So says you.... :)

[kegworker13]

11:19 AM on 04/20/2012

Never mind antlers...THAT is a rack I'd mount over my fireplace. Or anyplace else, for that matter.

[gibster1070]

11:11 AM on 04/20/2012

What a trashy title for an entry about a great little gal. Or maybe the writer was thinking about himself when he used the term "boob"?