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The crop top, also cropped top, is a blouse or top that ends above the waist — the point called the cutoff line — and exposes some of the wearer's abdomen. A crop top may also be referenced as a half shirt, midriff, belly shirt or cutoff shirt, and it is a top with a length ending approximately at the navel, purposely showing a portion of the wearer's midriff. This page explains the style's construction and naming, the lengths from just under the bust to the natural waist, and the styling logic — pairing a short top with high-rise trousers, skirts and shorts — that balances the exposed midriff.
The croptop (also cropped top), is a blouse that ends above the waist, called the cutoff line, and exposes some of the wearer's abdomen.
A crop top may also be referenced as a half shirt, midriff, belly shirt, cutoff shirt, etc. It is a shirt that has a length ending approximately at the navel. This type of shirt purposely shows portion of the wearers belley.
Note: in our humble opinion, this type of shirt is not for everyone. The reality is that some people look better than others when wearing a crop top. Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, please think carefully before wearing a half shirt. If you truly wish to wear one, go for it. No one is stopping you.
Learn more about crop tops in the fashion product influence section.
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The crop top is a proportion tool. Shortening the top raises the outfit's visual waistline, which lengthens the apparent line of the leg — the reason the style pairs so naturally with high-rise bottoms, where waistband and hem nearly meet and only a narrow band of midriff shows. Worn with low-rise bottoms, the same top reads as a bolder, more casual statement. Fabric decides the register: a cropped knit tee is everyday sportswear, a cropped blouse in a woven fabric with sleeves suits smart-casual dress, and sequinned or satin cropped tops are made for evening wear.
Fit points are simple but decisive. The hem should end at a deliberate point — at the navel, the natural waist, or just below the bust — rather than at an in-between length that looks accidental, and in fitted styles the fabric should lie smooth without riding up. As a warm-weather garment the crop top's appeal is straightforward: less fabric, more air, and a silhouette that has returned to fashion in cycle after cycle since the style first became a named category.
A crop top is a top that ends above the waist, at the cutoff line, exposing some of the wearer's abdomen; its length ends approximately at the navel. It is also called a cropped top, half shirt, midriff top, belly shirt or cutoff shirt.
Because the top is short, it is usually paired with high-rise bottoms — jeans, trousers, skirts or shorts whose waistband meets or nearly meets the top's hem. That pairing controls how much midriff shows and keeps the outfit balanced.
Crop tops range from very short styles ending just below the bust to longer cropped styles ending at the natural waist. Fitted knit versions follow the body, while boxy and blouse-like cropped tops stand away from it; the cutoff line named on this page is the feature all of them share.