So will you dare to go BARE BACK?
The side boob? So over! Flashing shoulder blades are now all the rage on celebrity red carpets...
IT’S THE trend that has brought sexy… well, back. Last week the Duchess of Cambridge followed celebrities including Naomi Campbell, Sienna Miller, Cressida Bonas and Emily Blunt by exposing her back – or a bit of it at least – in a sheer, pale blue gown at the premiere of Spectre. She outshone actresses Rachel Weisz and Monica Bellucci by giving us a tantalising glimpse of flesh.
Hollywood fashionistas are even claiming the back is the new erogenous zone. True or not, Kate is showing real fashion sense, says international stylist Henny Letailleur: ‘It is much more sophisticated and timelessly elegant than previous trends. Before, you had the focus on a large cleavage and then it went to bottoms, which was taken to a ridiculous level by Kim Kardashian.’
The pendulum has now swung back, she says – the look is effortless and elegant: ‘There is nothing sexier than a sly glimpse of a honed back. Not everyone can pull it off. You can’t have any rolls of back fat.’
Or too many exposed ribs. The fashion, also adopted by designer Victoria Beckham, is said to have been encouraged by photographers requesting different poses on the red carpet, encouraging celebrities to turn as well as smile.
There is another reason backless dresses have been ubiquitous this year: the women wearing them want you to know they have been doing Pilates, and have developed that perfect, signature V-shape.
They want you to know too that they have been having bacials. Get partyready with a blemish control back treatment at Harrods: just £80!