We know it rather dizzying, dancer or V. But the neckline also shines in its inverted version: it reveals the bottom of the breasts and emphasizes the low curve of the chest.
A trend that is gaining ground this season, on fashion shows and red carpets.
At the origins
If the
sideboob
reveals the "outer" side of a breast, seen in profile, the
underboob bares
the bottom.
It was already popular in the seventies: witness the 1974 cover of
Playboy
magazine which highlights the bust of a woman wearing a wet yellow T-shirt worn just below the nipples.
With the rise of aerobics in the 1980s, the
underboob
also surfed on the aesthetic of the sexy sportswoman
.
The icons of the
Gym Tonic
show , Véronique and Davina, bet for their sessions on tight shorts and very short crop tops, while slipping a bra underneath.
A circumvented version, certainly of the
underboob
.
If the inverted neckline was especially acclaimed by the
soft porn
culture of the 1970s, Paris Hilton gave it back its nobility in 2006, on the cover of
Vogue
France.
Combined with a high-waisted skirt, her scissor-cut tank top reveals the lower part of her chest.
The underside of the breasts can also be highlighted in other ways: in 2012, Rihanna got a tattoo of a goddess with outstretched wings under her breasts.
Cara Delevingne and American actress Lena Dunham are also tattooed in the same place.
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The "Australian cleavage", as it is also nicknamed, has also been able to impose itself on the podiums.
We recently saw it at LaQuan Smith, or even at Miu Miu: in October 2021, the little sister of the Prada label presented at Paris Fashion Week, its spring-summer 2022 collection, among which a schoolgirl's outfit was particularly attracted attention.
Paired with a low-waisted mini skirt, this cropped wool sweater, cut just below the bust, has gone around the world and quickly become a favorite of stylists and celebrities alike.
Italian fashion journalist Anna Dello Russo even claimed in an Instagram post that it was "the outfit of the season".
The day after her breakup with Kanye West, Julia Fox opened the LaQuan Smith fashion show for New York Fashion Week on February 14.
The American actress thus appeared in a long, very tight black satin dress with daring cutouts.
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Julia Fox opened the LaQuan Smith show for New York Fashion Week on February 14, 2022. ImaxTree
... and celebrity dressing rooms
The stars, too, were quick to appropriate this new trend.
If many of them succumbed to the very viral Miu Miu set, others wanted to wear the inverted neckline on the red carpets.
Starting with Zoë Kravitz.
In London on Wednesday, February 23, for the premiere of
The Batman
, the American actress wore a tight black dress by Saint Laurent which presented a neckline emphasizing the low curve of her chest.
Which was reminiscent of Gotham City's famous superhero symbol.
The inverted neckline seems a new sexy alternative to its traditional version.
The challenge is never to reveal the sacrosanct mammary papilla to the eyes of the world.
Or the breasts released, but not completely released.