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The Guardian - UK
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Chloe Mac Donnell

Demand for Carrie Johnson’s backless fuchsia dress crashes designer’s website

British prime minister Boris Johnson's wife Carrie Johnson at Downing Street.
Carrie Johnson wore a £485 dress by Harmur, which markets itself with the tagline: ‘No sexier way to walk away’. Photograph: Getty Images

Throughout her three years as the prime minister’s partner, Carrie Johnson has had to make many fashion choices. Today, as she left No 10 alongside Boris Johnson for the last time, it was no different. However, the end result was certainly unexpected.

For the occasion she wore a fuchsia pink maxidress from the British brand Harmur. Described as a “dreamy maxidress”, it features a ruched waist, billowing sleeves and a cut-out back – a design signature of the brand. “No sexier way to walk away,” reads a tagline for Harmur. Was this Carrie having the last laugh as she plotted what to wear to watch her husband leave his position of political power?

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