Young girls wearing cropped t shirts

I have 3dds and 2 would never wear crop tops but my youngest is a dancer and loves them. I pick my battles and don’t really have a strong opinion on them. There’s nothing sexy about her in them (she’s 12) so it’s just clothes.

Another one; I was shopping with elder DD (13 at the time) for a swimming cozzie for holiday -do you think we could find Any that wernt thongs? Like right up the bum just barely covering your snatch kind of thongs. It was the same in every shop, porn star wear everywhere, all marketed at pre-teen and barely teen girls.. 🤮

This is a pet hate of mine ie when girls clothing follows adult fashion trends. I few years ago they were making little girl T shirts with the 'cold shoulder' cut outs. At another stage there was nothing but black available. Same with crop tops now. I think Next are one of the worst brands for this. Drives me mad.

I see what you mean but I wouldn’t let my little boy run around the park top less and definitely not a shopping centre! At the beach etc he wears a rash vest. I just think crop tops (and I’m particularly talking about the short crop tops that are significantly higher than their belly button) are inappropriate for little girls.

The website should show the style properly.

I bought a nasa t shirt for dd. And it was cropped annoyingly. Didn’t look cropped on the pic.

The pictures they use on the website should be clear and honest.

I really don't think we need to be thinking primarily about clothes for eight year olds in terms of whether they're 'flattering'.

A lot of it is just styling, so if a slightly cropped style tshirt is paired with high waisted leggings then I will let DD(7) wear it but nothing with her full stomach out because it’s not a look I like on her and I wouldn’t let my DS run around in public with his tshirt off either.

Im also not keen on bikinis for young girls, my DD begged for one so I found one with a bit more or a substantial top (are they still called tankinis?) as a compromise for holiday.

My friends with girls that age buy the tops a couple of sizes up. They still look cropped but are long enough to cover them.

Agree op.
its the lack of choice that’s frustrating. Boys clothes are more practical, proper pockets, better fabric.

You are obviously free to make your own decision about the clothes you consider suitable for your child. However I have very limited time for anyone who uses the word "chavvy" to describe other people and their clothes.

It wouldn’t bother me, but presumably your idea of it being inappropriate is because ideas about “appropriate dress” differ according to different environments, not because little boys without shirts are somehow sexier in a shopping centre than in the park. Nobody saying they dislike crop tops on little girls is saying they’re are perfectly fine except in the shopping centre, so there’s a different standard at play.

I doubt many would be wandering around shopping centres etc like that though and if they did I’d think it inappropriate.

It's just fashion. I actually they look completely innocent on young girls and much more sexy on girls who are more developed.

I see loads of little boys on hot summer days wearing just shorts. If boys can show their entire torsos without people worrying they’re being sexualised, why can’t little girls have a part of their midriff uncovered?

I actually don’t mind a short top but if you mean the ones where it’s loose fitting and short I think they look awful! So unflattering for all ages!

Oh I hate this....I was looking around a girls clothing section recently and every bloody top was cropped. I think this is mainly a way for them to save money...less material, less cost. Makes me rage actually.

Yep I agree. I don’t think young girls need to wear clothes that show their bellies etc. no more than a boy would and you don’t see boys clothes like that. Same with shorts - girls are often cut shorter than boys shorts.
I was a child growing up in the 90s and didn’t wear (or maybe wasn’t allowed to?) crop tops. It was all about baggy T-shirts and cycling shorts for me!

@BardsAreAssholes From the day our children graduate from babygrows, we teach girls the default is tight/small. Go to any toddler sports group or nursery and look at what the girls are wearing vs the boys. When wearing trousers, the girls' version will be leggings or shorts that are mid to high thigh. The boys will be wearing trackie trousers or knee length shorts. It's not sexualised, but it is real - tight is defeault.

The overall fashion might change as they get older, but "fashion" often seems to insist on tight clothing for girls - the skinny jeans and trousers of a few years ago or the trend for sports-style cropped tops today. Don't even get me started on bodycon dresses. We tell ourselves we're empowering our girls and young women by lettting them choose without even realising how we've created this default from the start.

We are teaching girls that default "fashion" is tight

Be fair, @GerbilsForever24 - three or four years ago it was all loose peasant tops and boho skirts. We’re not teaching them “fashion is tight clothing” because “fashion” changes all the time.

At least it’s not skin tight jeans that restrict their freedom of movement anymore. DD and her friends are all in wide legged trousers with their cropped tops.

I don't like it either. I especially don't like the super tight/small crop tops with cycling shorts. We are teaching girls that default "fashion" is tight, even if we can all agree that an 8 year old in a crop top is not in the slightest bit sexy.

I do allow shorter t-shirts (actual t-shirts, not tiny little tight tops) now. And she's allowed to wear the occassional crop top but with high waisted, not tight trousers. She wanted to wear her flared leggings with a sports-bra style cropped top to school the other day for mufti day... that was a definitive no.

I get my DD's cycling sets from river island they aren't cropped

Absolutely hate crop tops and the fact everything is cropped and so do they. I've also bought boys t shirts for my daughters.

THIS

Been shopping for summer wear for DD 18 months, and OMG the frustration is real.. Had to buy her boys shorts because I absolutely could not find any for girls that aren't so stupidly short that her nappy would be hanging out! Who puts toddlers in booty shorts ffs??

Ordered her some mickey mouse tshirts two sizes up so they'd be a bit longer and baggier to wear over leggings, and they're cropped! Not massively, but enough to see a bit of midriff

Its just so cringe 🤮

I'm not massively modest, I dont cover up, I wear tight tops / shorts etc, I just dont see why a literal baby needs to have a bare midriff and her bum cheeks hanging out..?

No issues from me at all. We are quite chavvy though