2. Are celebrities paid to wear designers on the red carpet?

How can we forget the Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino/ Abercrombie bribe in which the retailers wished their label and his abs stayed far, far away from each other.

That debacle aside though, quite the opposite occurs with celebs  who don't make us cringe. When it comes to red carpet events or publicity appearances, designers may arrange contracts with celebrities to wear their high-end label for a very generous sum in exchange — for instance, we've heard one Hollywood rumor that Gwynnie was offered $500K to sport Louis Vuitton jewels for her 2011 Oscar moment. And here, we would have done it for free!