The cropped top seduced us because it is sexy but not vulgar and promises a studied look without looking like it. It reminds us of retro bras, pin-up style from the 2000s. It's a staple of the teen wardrobe and is as appealing as it is disturbing.  But in truth, the cropped top became popular in the eighties. Madonna made it her own, revealing her flat stomach whenever she had the chance. Into the groove was the appropriately fitting slogan.  In 1983, a movie democratized the cropped top: after Flashdance and its dancers with concrete abs, the ultra-short top became part of every wardrobe. It reappeared in the '90s, becoming the hallmark of an engaged generation.  Back then, the uniform often consisted of a male baggy pants, a protruding undergarment, a bare belly and then a so-called "cropped" T-shirt. A piece that suggests a gesture of rebellion and reappropriation.  It gave youth its own identity and through the Spice Girls and the young Britney Spears, fans of this specialty, became a legend.  Visually, it conveys the image of a teenager who has grown too fast and is overwhelmed by his children's clothes. The monument, exposing the area between the breasts and the navel, is automatically sexualized.  Popularized precisely by Mel B, Victoria, Mel C, Emma and Geri Spice, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Destiny's Child, this homage to femininity was in its heyday.