Is the age of cleavage over? Designers say high necklines were always trendy

Recently, Vogue Magazine stirred a debate when they declared cleavage-show out dated. We asked fashion designers in Delhi if the trend will reflect back home.

To show cleavage or not, that’s the question. It’s not, or at least that’s what the December issue of British Vogue magazine says. The writer, Kathleen Baird-Murray, stated in the article titled Desperately Seeking Cleavage: “The cleavage – those magnificent mounds pushed together to display sexual empowerment, to seduce, to inspire lust or even just to show off – is over, or at least, taking a well-earned break.”

While trends indicate that the internationally fashion junta is moving towards ‘covering up’ , Indian designers say that here the traditional preference has always been, and continues to be, high-necklines. “Changing times or not, cleavage was never a mainstay. Necklines such as Chinese and Mandarin have been around for a long time, more so in India. And yes, they continue to make a big fashionable impact,” says designer Rina Dhaka.
Designer Anand Bhushan agrees. “Culturally, we have always been inclined towards conservative necklines. Covering up is how we have always liked to keep it.”

Singer Beyonce, who performed during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cleveland, opted for a pantsuit with a high-neck top.