Crop top

Actress Bianca Rinaldi in a crop top, 1990s

A crop top (also cropped top, belly shirt, half shirt, midriff shirt, midriff top, tummy top, short shirt, and cutoff shirt) is a top, the lower part of which is high enough to expose the waist, navel or some of the midriff.[1] The cropping of a top in this manner is generally limited to female garments. Bikinis and sports bras are generally not regarded as a crop tops.

History

Men

Crop tops have been worn by men[2] generally during the 1970s[3] and the 1980s. The protective gear of American Football with no shirt resembles a crop top. Eventually cropped jerseys became available which carried over to several 1980s telecasts. Men also started to wear crop tops regardless of sport. Because of the varied acceptance for men wearing no shirt (eliminating the need for a crop top), and due to a change in school dress codes as well as peer pressure, Men usually have no need nor wish for crop tops. Various crop tops have been worn by rappers as well as American Football athletes. However, in 2015 the NCAA[4][5] has increased restrictions on men wearing crop tops[6][7][8][9] which also includes rolling up longer jerseys.[10][11][12][13]

Women

During 1983, pop star Madonna caused controversy when she wore a mesh crop top in her video for the song Lucky Star. Also during that decade, cutoff crop tops became more common as part of the aerobic craze and popularity of the movie Flashdance. It became common for women to crop sections of workout wear, such as sleeves, collars, and the hem of the shirt to create a loose-fitting top which was often worn over a body suit or tank top. Crop tops were also often paired with low-slung belts in the 1980s, angled at the side of the hip. As mesh fabrics and oversized aerobics gear went out of fashion by the 1990s, the crop top reappeared in the form of the bustier, a lingerie-style shirt which revealed the midriff and was typically worn under a blazer or shirt. By the mid-1990s, the crop top took on the form of the babydoll shirt, a cropped, tight-fitting T-shirt which often featured graphic logos. Long-sleeved crop tops and even crop turtleneck tops also became fashionable for the first time, popularized by such public figures as country singer Shania Twain. By the late 1990s, crop tops had become so mainstream that many schools expressly banned garments that expose the midriff in their dress code.

While pop singers such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera popularized the crop top for teeny boppers in the 1990s, others were making a crop top fashion statement for pregnant women. Certain members of the all-female musical groups All Saints and the Spice Girls wore crop tops on stage during their pregnancies. Since 2000, cropped jackets and blazers have become more popular while the hemlines of shirts have mostly remained longer. Currently, crop tops are worn by celebrities Lindsay Lohan and others wearing them in public,[14] and models appearing in them in advertisements.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ crop top definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01.
  2. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/08/29/ohio-states-ezekiel-elliott-wants-to-trademark-hero-in-a-half-shirt/
  3. ↑ https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/crop-tops-in-football-an-investigation
  4. ↑ Emily Van Buskirk (19 August 2015). "The NCAA Bans Belly Buttons, Prompting Players To Cry Foul". The Sports Fan Journal.
  5. ↑ Andrew Greif (9 March 2015). "So long, college football 'crop-tops': NCAA bans jerseys with too little and facemasks with too much in 2015 rules changes". sportsmanias.com. The Oregonian.
  6. ↑ "Crop-Top Jerseys Banned". College Spots Business News. 11 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Jasmine Watkins (8 March 2015). "NCAA bans football players from wearing rolled-up jerseys". SportingNews.
  8. ↑ Avery Stone (2 April 2015). "Ezekiel Elliott says NCAA rule banning crop tops is 'silly'". USA Today.
  9. ↑ "NCAA bans players from showing abs in games". SI.com. SI Wire. 9 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Greg Johnson (6 March 2015). "Proposed ineligible downfield rule tabled by PROP". NCAA.
  11. ↑ Austin Ward (2 April 2015). "Ezekiel Elliott scoffs at jersey rule". ESPN.
  12. ↑ Graham Watson (9 March 2015). "NCAA rule bans players from wearing cropped jerseys in games". Yahoo Sports.
  13. ↑ Glen Erby (8 March 2015). "NCAA Bans Ezekiel Elliott Style Tucked Under Jerseys". Black Sports Online.
  14. ↑ Zephyr. "Would You Wear… a Crop Top?". College Fashion. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  15. ↑ "Crop tops are back in style". Lovelyish. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  16. ↑ Candice Shih (January 7, 2010). "Crop tops are back?". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

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