U is for . . .

Underboob
Defined in T, the New York Times Style Magazine, on April 13, 2008:

n. / a newly fetishized anatomical zone where the lower part of the breast meets the torso, popularized by ‘80s rock chicks in cutoff tank tops; recently rediscovered by girls-gone-

wild devotees and celebutantes with an appreciation for ironic excess… e.g., ''Did you see Paris's underboob on the cover of French Vogue?"

Sometimes, it is exposed by accident, as in the case of Ashlee Simpson's "oops" on the beach in May.

Photo courtesy popsugar.com.

On the runways:
Benjamin Cho, via nymag.com
Model Kat Bespyatikh,

via mmmModels.com
A swimsuit model with what CC assumes is a warbrobe malfunction (but who knows? maybe designers are doing this on purpose?).

Photo at left via celebritycrunch.com.

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Increasingly, it seems, underboob is being exposed on purpose.

It has even made its way into the world of Japanimation!

Illustration via animepaper.net.
Under-boob features prominently in several Fall 2008 ad campaigns, including one for Cesare Paciotti

Underboob has become so prevalent in magazine editorials, CC hardly bats an eyelash!
At right:
The lovely Christy Turlington on the pages of W Magazine.

Below:

Gisele, also from wmagazine.com
CC is not suggesting that you run around in an ill-fitting bikini. Underboob is not a fashion trend!

It is a part of the female anatomy that has been rediscovered [not since Jane Fonda and Norma Kamali ruled the eighties have we seen such views!] and, apparently, put to use as a vehicle for selling clothes! What intrigues CC where this newly (re)fetishized zone is concerned is the fine line between artistry and pornography . . . How do you feel about underboob and its increasing presence in fashion?