Source: Cleavage goes bust: Vogue declares the décolletage over
Since we’ve been discussing delusion, here’s a story that illustrates how pompous are the opinions of those self anointed culture and fashion gurus.
Decolletage over. Hmm. Well, if we step back and take a top down view of the issue of cleavage, we’d have to concede that breasts have probably been overexposed as a fashion staple over the past generation. Fashion runways, teen magazines and of course, certain ubiquitous personalities have ridden the fascination with chest exposure to dubious fame, notoriety and ample rewards. Let’s not beat our chest on whether this is deserved or not, but I think we can agree that much of this fame is way over the top.
Coy glimpses of femininity never goes out of style, but fashion tastes have veered to the extreme. The de rigueur exposure of chest skin by women, especially those in entertainment, makes them look like castings for a Russ Meyer film. Even Russ could not have imagined the grotesque degrees that women would go to in order to ensure that no one would ever see the color of their eyes.
This is mainly an American phenomenon, for like most things in America, if something is good, then more of it must be better. Personalities such as Kim Kardashian and Nikki Minaj to name just a few, make the most of this craze for improbably shaped women to great commercial advantage. Well, Vogue says that this is over.
As in a previous article about the fashion downfall of ‘manly men’, I’d be a bit skeptical of this pronouncement and wouldn’t expect the immediate demise of the push up bra. It’s one thing to dictate fashion affectations as padded shoulders, bell bottoms or short skirts. It’s another to even consider that some New York fashionistas will dictate what is intrinsically attractive about the natural characteristics of the sexes.
On the other hand, there will always be that contingent of fashion slaves that need to be directed by a small cabal of style mavens as to what’s in vogue. I’ve always thought this to be quite strange since I didn’t think people needed direction on the appeal of the opposite sex. As for those women who are concerned about being unfashionable after Vogue’s pronouncement; my advice is, don’t be concerned. I’m sure someone will find you stylish, even if it’s only red blooded men.