Breast-binding woke icon Emma Corrin is far more of a threat to young girls than the Page 3 ‘stunnas’ who bared their boobs
Where women were once criticised for showing off their boobs, now they are feted for flaunting their absence
Unlike most other body parts, breasts are subject to the vagaries of fashion. One year, 1930s-inspired androgyny is all the rage; the next it’s hourglass curves we’re after. Honestly, it’s hard for a girl to keep up. But if changing fashion wasn’t enough to contend with, there’s politics too. And when the two combine, things get very complicated indeed.
This week has seen the release of images of actress Emma Corrin; in two she is wearing a chest binder, in a third she wears men’s shorts and covers her breasts with her arm. They are beautiful pictures. Professionally shot and tastefully black and white, they reveal a side of Corrin new to those only familiar with her as the shy, young Princess Diana in Netflix’s The Crown. But is this art? Or politics? Or fashion?