Alright, let’s yak about somethin’ called “crop top male,” ya know, the belly shirts them young’uns wear. Don’t rightly get it myself, but hey, the world’s gone topsy-turvy these days.
What is this crop top thing, anyhow? Well, it’s a shirt, but it’s…short. Real short. Like, it don’t even cover your whole belly. Shows off your, well, your middle part. Back in my day, only the little girls wore stuff like that, and even then, it was covered up with a pinafore or somethin’. Now, I see fellas wearin’ ’em! Land sakes!
Now, I ain’t no fashion expert, mind you. I wear what’s comfy and what keeps me covered. But from what I hear, this crop top thing ain’t just for the ladies no more. Menfolk are wearin’ ’em too. Says here it’s all about “personal expression” and “comfort.” Humph. Guess comfort means somethin’ different these days. Back in my day, comfort was a pair of overalls and a good sturdy shirt that covered ya up from the sun.
- Who’s wearin’ these things? Seems like everybody and their brother. I saw on that there picture box, some fella singin’ and dancin’ with his belly hangin’ out. They call ’em “celebs” or some such nonsense. And young fellas on the street too, skinny as a rail most of ’em, wearin’ these short shirts and pants slung low. Don’t they get cold?
- Why are they wearin’ ’em? Don’t rightly know. Some say it’s to show off their, uh, “abs.” That’s what they call belly muscles these days, “abs.” Guess if ya work hard on your belly, ya wanna show it off. Me, I worked hard on my garden, and I didn’t go around showin’ off my tomatoes, did I? And some say it’s just fashion. Fashion, bah! Always changin’, always makin’ folks spend money on silly things.
How do ya wear a crop top if you’re a fella? Well, from what I gathered, you gotta pair it with somethin’. Can’t just go around with your belly hangin’ out and nothin’ else. Some fellas wear ’em with long skirts, which is a whole other kettle of fish I ain’t gonna get into. Some wear ’em with high-waisted pants. That means the pants go all the way up to your, well, your waist. Makes sense, I guess. Covers up more than it shows. And some fellas just wear ’em with regular pants, low-slung, so you see a bit of belly. To each their own, I say, even if I don’t understand it.
I read somewhere that men used to wear these things way back when. In the seventies, they say. To show off those “abs” again. But then somethin’ happened, somethin’ called “AIDS,” and fellas got scared of lookin’ too, uh, “fashionable,” ’cause that meant folks might think somethin’ they weren’t. So, the belly shirts went away for a while.
But now they’re back. Like a bad penny, as my grandma used to say. And these young’uns are wearin’ ’em with all sorts of things. Ripped jeans, baggy pants, even those overalls I was talkin’ about earlier. Though, they wear ’em different than I do. They only got one strap hooked, or somethin’. Kids these days!
And it ain’t just regular crop tops neither. Some fellas are cuttin’ up their old shirts, makin’ ’em into crop tops. Waste not, want not, I guess. I knew a fella who worked at a clothes factory, and he’d bring home the messed-up shirts and cut ’em up for his kids. Guess he was ahead of his time.
So, what’s the bottom line on crop tops for men? Well, I reckon it’s like this: if ya wanna wear one, wear it. Ain’t nobody gonna stop ya, ‘cept maybe your mama if she’s still around. Just be prepared for folks starin’ and maybe shakin’ their heads. Especially old folks like me. We just ain’t used to seein’ so much belly. But hey, the world’s changin’, and I guess we gotta change with it, even if we don’t understand it. And for goodness sake, if you are gonna wear one of those things, at least make sure you wash your belly button. Nobody wants to see a dirty belly button.
And that’s all I gotta say about crop top male. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go tend to my chickens.
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