This week I’m baring... vertical cleavage

‘This is one of those details that has instantly made all alternatives look hackneyed. None of us wants our bosoms to look past it’
From left: Cara Delevingne; Gwyneth Paltrow; Kate Moss; Yasmin Le Bon
From left: Cara Delevingne; Gwyneth Paltrow; Kate Moss; Yasmin Le Bon
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Exciting news for those of us who are small to zero-breasted, not young, and quite keen to look sexy without resorting to ratcheting up our non-existent bust: cleavage has had a makeover. The regular cantilevered embonpoint has been turned on its head and now it’s all about the vertical plunge – a runway of exposed breastbone with (optional) a mere hint of breast curve either side. Non-cleavage – or what we like to call vertical cleavage, because that’s what it is – is currently the only way to flash a bit of frontage.

The fact that this fashion is not just a new look but a new approach (no hoist, no thrust, no points for enhancement) makes it open to those who have never done