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Spring 2012's Crop Top Trend (PHOTOS)

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We've done plenty of navel-gazing throughout the spring 2012 shows. Designers such as Alexander Wang, Prada, Proenza Schouler and Missoni showed a multitude of midriff-baring looks.

And we've come to embrace the trend, which has become a runway staple in recent seasons. Now rendered in boxier cuts and flowy fabrics, crop tops can have a louche, easy charm when paired with trousers or a high-waisted skirt.

Of course, they've been associated with a diverse array of trendsetters over the years. As the New York Times noted in July, "There is one thing that Britney Spears, circa-1980s Madonna, Gwen Stefani, 'I Dream of Jeannie,' the Spice Girls, 'Clueless' and Matt Dillon in 'Over the Edge' have in common: a devotion to the crop top."

We've culled through the spring collections to present the cream of the cropped.

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Mike In Indy
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03:16 PM on 10/07/2011
ppswg--, Now wait just a minute, there skippy..."Shelly" shops at Target, and you KNOW that all the cook-outs at "Matha's Vineyard" and in the back yard at the White House, are RIFE with ribs, fries and greasy burgers...
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gposner29
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05:20 AM on 10/06/2011
Don't you just love it when these anorexic women fall down and go boom?
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amacnyc
7 Fans
03:03 PM on 10/05/2011
Hi, hello, greetings fashion world. One hopelessly straight man talking here. I LOVE women, I really do, and I would not have sex with ANY of these unhealthy ladies even if they all threw themselves at me at the same time and they were the last women on earth. It really seems like you need some straight male consultation to help in your decision making. REALLY! There is NO way these girls were picked by someone who likes women. Anorexic is NOT sexy! I guarantee you all your business would do immeasurably better it you factored in a heterosexual male point of view. Think about it!
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sdmartintc
If it's broken, fix it!
96 Fans
05:03 PM on 10/05/2011
Most fashion designer these days are gay men. There is something wrong when there are nothing but men who are not attracted to women designing clothes for women. The industry needs women designers as well as straight men designers. The women designers will know what a woman wants to wear and women and straight men would design clothes that appeal to both genders.
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busymissnanci
Don't always know what TO do, but always what NOT
163 Fans
05:43 PM on 10/08/2011
You are fanned and faved. Women would LOVE to know what men truly want to see them wearing. A gay male designer cannot possibly know what looks good, feels good, or is appealing on a woman's body. I guess that is why they all design for girls who are built like boys!
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Barry Clarke
Retired Air Traffic Control Aviation Meteorologist
207 Fans
03:02 PM on 10/05/2011
Why do designers think skin and bone is beautiful? Also, I think it could hurt sales because the average women is not nearly this skinny and much better looking to boot...............
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ctslair
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02:44 PM on 10/05/2011
WOW. Gotta hand it to these clothes designers, they've outdone themselves in creating some of the UGLIEST CLOTHES I've seen in years. Maybe in decades, Not to mention the models who look like famine victims. Haven't seen so many chicken legs since my gram's hen house...and those 'chicks' had bigger breasts.
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ppswg
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02:18 PM on 10/05/2011
LOOKS LIKE WE HIT A CORD, THE GUYS USED TO THEIR FAT OBEAST PIGGY WIVES, ADN GIRL FRIENDS, HAVE A PROBLEM ADJUSTING TO WOMEN THAT APPITIMIZE PERFECT MODELS; FACE IT MOST OF YOU, THESE CLOTHES ARE TO BE WORN PLACES YOU COULD NOT GET IN, TOO FAR AWAY AND TOO EXPENSIVE, THIS IS ANOTHER LEAGUE...IT IS LIKE MAKEING FUN OF PIPPER IN THE UK, SHE IS IN A LEAGUE YOU CAN ONLY READ ABOUT, SAME WITH THE PRESIDENTS WIFE....THEY DON'T GO TO BURGER KING.
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Mike In Indy
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02:44 PM on 10/05/2011
Where in the WORLD did you "go to school"? The spelling/grammar would seem to indicate that you were an "English Major"...?
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jessicaatx22
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04:05 PM on 10/05/2011
Just for you, idiot:

*hit a CHORD
*OBESE
*AND
*EPITOMIZE
*MAKING
*PIPPA

Please, for the love of God and all things holy, get off the computer and go to school.
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ppswg
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02:57 PM on 10/07/2011
APPARENTLY I HIT A CORD, TO HAVE YOU GO TO THIS TROUBLE, I AM A RETIRED ORTHROPEDIC SURGON, SORRY TO SAY NOT MANY DOCTORS CAN SPELL OR WRITE WELL OR SPELL WELL....LIKE THE BASSET, BY THE WAY, I RAISE RHODESIAN RIDGEBACKS 45 MILES NORTH OF SEATTLE..HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
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Mike In Indy
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02:11 PM on 10/05/2011
Why is it that the "far-and-away" majority of these girls look as if they caught on fire, and someone put 'em out with a TRACK SHOE?
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Eleanor Stevens
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02:00 PM on 10/05/2011
What a bunch of ugly, ugly crap. Won't need new clothes next summer!
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ppswg
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03:44 PM on 10/05/2011
WOULDN'T FIT YOU EITHER...AND WHERE WOUD YOU GO ANYWAY.
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play7ball47
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01:34 PM on 10/05/2011
This is disgusting. These girls are not sexy nor are they even good looking. They certainly are not what a real woman looks like. Why don't these clothing designers design something a real woman would wear. Get rid of these ugly skinny bulimic creatures they call models and put some real women on the runway.
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mitchie420
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01:31 PM on 10/05/2011
nothing new here showing for next year, this "look" has been done BE-fore. there's no imagination. i keep hoping a young upstart will rise to the top and shake up the fashion industry ala the 60's.. with the Mods and Rockers, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton and Carnaby st...now that I mentioned it maybe the Boomers did everything possible so all thats left ..is boring redundancy .(YAWN)
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richman99
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01:16 PM on 10/05/2011
These looks grabbed yoru attention?? Why??? For being the most outlandish and disgusting look you could imagine??

WHAT A JOKE!!
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markasscop
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12:48 PM on 10/05/2011
satisfaction
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heldt666
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12:44 PM on 10/05/2011
I like the bare belly look, now if they can somehow move around to the back and lower it...........
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g2services
Resistance is futile
26 Fans
03:48 PM on 10/05/2011
And you would see a bum about the size of a grapefruit.
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heldt666
93 Fans
04:51 PM on 10/05/2011
just thinking about grapefruit makes my lips pucker up.
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bemahuron
31 Fans
12:31 PM on 10/05/2011
The bare belly part I can live with but the pasty white, deer in the headlights eyes and the Spock Vulcan ears I could probably do without.
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bradhshickoh
123 Fans
12:01 PM on 10/05/2011
It looks more anorexic women are making a comback. give me the ones that don't show the boney arms, legs and boobs!!!
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