Whenever I think of Vogue, the first thing that comes to mind is Madonna. Even now, the black and white iconic video is running through my head.
I’m not going to pretend I’m a continuous follower of Fashion, I don’t really care for Marc Jacobs’ opinion on what style of trouser shouldn’t be worn this season. However, I found it a little hard to ignore that Vogue U.K. have declared that “cleavage is over.”
“The tits will not be out for the lads. Or for anyone else, for that matter,” stated Kathleen Baird-Murray. It was in that moment, that women everywhere, suddenly decided that the jumper two sizes too big that they bought three years ago was now going to be the key item in their wardrobe. I mean, how embarrassing would it be to have an outfit showcasing your bust in 2016? Step outside in a low cut dress and suddenly you’ll be surrounded by a group of people you couldn’t pick out of a line up, informing you that your look is “so last season.”
Using outfits worn by the likes of Alicia Vikander at the Golden Globes to the lack of push up bras on the catwalk, as some form of somewhat “evidence” to back up their supposed conclusion, it baffles me how Vogue think they’ve suddenly become the spokespeople for natural bodies of women everywhere. Or that them deeming a body part as “over” suddenly means breasts around the world will disappear, to match what they like to see on the catwalk.
Some people will be thinking the whole issue has been blown out of proportion, thinking it’s been taken too literally. Maybe so. I mean, its not like they took the debate to a poll……oh wait.
Is The Cleavage Over? As @KathleenBM explores the topic in #decembervogue, what's your take on covering up? https://t.co/Yk7QVcoHt8
— British Vogue (@BritishVogue) November 2, 2016
Now to me, I don’t think a poll asking people whether they consider that “cleavage is over” can be taken in any other way other than “can you believe some women still don’t cover them up?!” It’s like women don’t have enough barriers to pass as it is, lets also inform them that if you have large breasts, Vogue don’t consider you attractive. Luckily, the poll backfired and only 11% consider cleavages as over as the The Stone Ages.
Like I said previously, I’m not a continuous follower of fashion and I never want to be. So when I step outside tomorrow, in an outfit that’ll have my cleavage on show, and a randomer tells me how my “tits aren’t out for the lads” I’ll be inclined to agree. They’re out for me.
