I can live quite happily without seeing a closeup of the diamond trilogy ring and I can’t claim to have watched the entire 20-minute interview. I got to the part about the proposal being prompted by roast chicken, which as far as I am concerned is proof that this couple knows how to live – but there was one image from the rolling-news Harry and Meghan engagement-fest that turned me instantly soppy. The back-view candid portrait, in which the couple are walking away from the camera, arms around each other’s waists. Body language is so much more eloquent when there is no rictus camera face. That rear view was the money shot.
Going into 2018, it usually is. The key fashion pieces of the season are as likely to wow from the back, as from the front. Maybe you are eyeing up the £145 open-back crepe-and-sequin midi-length dress by party-season name Needle and Thread, where the bodice is fastened at the rear with delicate sequin ties, leaving a dramatic stretch of bare skin above an elegant grosgrain waist band. Or perhaps you have snapped up a stretch, rib-jersey tie-back black sweater with diamond-shape, bare-back section from Helmut Lang to wear with jeans and boots.
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