Kate Hudson inadvertently put her breasts on display on Thursday night (31Mar16) after the paparazzi's camera flashes exposed her nipples under a fitted black top.

The Kung Fu Panda 3 star was snapped heading to dinner with some pals at Carlitos Gardel restaurant in West Hollywood, but despite being covered from head to toe, the glare of the photographers' flashes revealed she had gone braless for her night out.

The 36-year-old daughter of Goldie Hawn appeared oblivious to the fashion mishap as she completed her look with skin-tight jeans, thigh-high red leather boots, and a long, chunky cardigan.

While Kate may not have not intended to bare her boobs, the actress and author of bestselling self-help book Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body has previously admitted she likes to shed her clothes whenever she's at home.

"I much prefer being naked than clothed," she told U.S. chat show host Conan O'Brien in February (16). "My family's always been comfortably naked..."

She continued, "Part of what my book opens with is acceptance and that moment where you go, 'OK, I'm gonna actually take a good look at what's right in front of me in the mirror and get comfortable with it, because it's mine' - and accept it."