Flashdance cuts are this season’s answer to the off-shoulder Bardot trend

It’s a look that’s impossible to shrug off

Half-on, half-off tops opened up at Self Portrait (Rex)

Springtime marks new beginnings and as such, there’s little room for bygone trends, especially when it comes to the cold shoulder.

It’s finally time to let go of the Bardot trend in it’s original form but as warmer weather continues to fuel a dismissal of anything that obscures full view of the décolletage – it’s spring/summer’s go-to erogenous zone after all – what comes next?

Shoulders are undoubtedly set to dominate once again but this time designers are resurrecting looks from the ‘80s.

It’s all about peekaboo treatments, a little shoulder action and looks reminiscent of your favourite dance flicks. Think Jennifer Beals in Flashdance or Cynthia Rhodes’ bad girl shoulder in Staying Alive.

At Prabal Gurung, the focus was on thin slouchy sweaters that sloped off one shoulder and silky spaghetti strap camis layered under asymmetric sleeve knits. Half-on, half-off tops opened up at Self Portrait too with the brand’s signature guipire lace styles updates with ruffled shoulders that exposed a slice of skin.

An evolution of last year’s off-the-shoulder trend, necklines are going asymmetrical this season but rather than an explicit spectacle, this is more suggestive.

For real-life wear, you want to offer up an ‘accidental’ show of shoulder so drop that collar and let that wayward strap slip promiscuously down your arm.

It's an evolution of last year’s off-the-shoulder trend (Rex Features)

This trend is a great way to flash a little flesh without showing too much and we suggest letting it do all the talking. Keep the rest of your get-up simple and sweep your tresses off you shoulders too for the ultimate reveal.