Why is everything CROPPED?!

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I’m so tired of seeing something I like and it’s bloody cropped. I don’t like cropped, I don’t want to wear cropped. Cropped tops, T-shirts, jumpers, even bloody fleeces and coats!

I have been after a fitted broderie cami like the picture for AGES but they’re all cropped! If they’re not then they’re floaty and I don’t want floaty. It’s annoying because five years ago they would have been easy to find, but now it’s go without and have my gunt peeking out below

I really hope the cropped craze calms down soon.

I agree. It's ridiculous now that it's winter - who wants a cold midriff unless you are a teenager?

Have you looked on vinted?

Yep, apparently the only people who buy clothes are teenage waifs. It's shit!

That pictures is from Vinted!

I am a tall person and I feel your pain. This stuff just makes me look like a Dickensian street urchin or my clothes shrank in the wash.

It's cheap. That's why high street fashion loves it.

See now, I loved cropped tops. And I have a massive middle aged mam belly but I don't care. They look great with high waisted jeans, which I am aware highlight said belly but I JUST DO NOT CARE.

It's so annoying. Every top you see something that looks nice in a shop, oh that's lovely, hold it up on the hanger - cropped. Never mind.

Repeat 27 times and you've got the 2023 shopping experience nailed.

I’m no fan of cropped either, even when I was in my 20s/30s. I also don’t like seeing kids in cropped tops, not a look for an under 10 anywhere but the beach.

T shirts this season are annoying to me on another level too. The sleeves are on the short side. I have very long arms, so even short sleeved T’s can come up looking wrong if everything is cut in a certain way.

@WitchyFingers I am the same as you, I love crop tops and cut out dresses that show off my belly even though it’s a mum belly.

It’s so bizarre, isn’t it. It’s really quite nippy out now, and there are so many young women with inches of bare skin between top and bottom. I’m firmly on the side of the Japanese belief in the paramount importance of keeping your kidneys warm and wrapped up at all times.

Because it's cheaper. Less material...

Ive had the same experience in primark. Oh nice jumper, hold it up, where’s the rest of it?? Same with hoodies and vest tops. I want a jumper to keep warm so I’d like all of it please.

All goes hand in hand with incredibly high waisted bottoms (skirts/trousers/jeans). Some rises are coming down so maybe top lengths will too.

Girls clothes are the same, drives me mad trying to buy even basic t shirts and jumpers for my young DD's.

100% with you on this. I can count on two fingers the times in my life I’ve felt comfortable exposing my midriff.

No idea about trousers. Seriously unflattering unless you’ve legs like a giraffe.

All goes hand in hand with incredibly high waisted bottoms
Yes.
If I'm forced to choose then personally I prefer high waist with a short top as I just layer something longer underneath if I need to. Ultra waisted trousers and jeans feel really uncomfortable - I can't get past the sensation that they're about to fall down.

The cynic in me says it's to pressure us into buying two items to get the style and covering we actually want.

As a long bodied woman it’s the story of my life. If you get the next size up they just wider not longer.

I don't like the bare midriff look, but cropped length tops are ideal for high waisted jeans and trousers to avoid having lots of bulk when tucked in. They're also good for tucking into skirts as well.

I went shopping this morning and feel the same about everything being oversized. Knitwear, blazers, even midi dresses and styles of jeans, just massive and baggy and with so much fabric flapping about.

I don't like cropped either. What's wrong with stuff that just properly fits!

Agree! Somethings cropped, fine. Some things over sized, fine. But why does everything have to be one or the other?! I hate picking up a jumper and it’s cropped with oversized batwing sleeves 😂

Things that fit properly tend to make you look better, but you just cannot buy them. I’m in my early 30’s and it feels like everywhere is catering to teenagers. If they take away my skinny jeans I will lose it.

Clothes are so bad right now. Sleeves attached halfway down the arm, too wide, too short, shit material, horrible sludge colours, yuck

Hate short jumpers with a passion , you get vpl under your jeans, I like a longer slightly covering the bum look

Plus the trousers that are so long and wide

I looked like Coco the clown in the ones from M&S as even the short length is too long