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Midriff-baring outfits are popular in [[Real Life]], and have been for centuries, although until recently, it was just in certain cultures and, within those cultures, certain occasions. It's more like 60 years that it's been widely considered acceptable. Even [[Belly Dancer|belly-dancing]] outfits weren't midriff-baring before the "cabaret style" began with the most famous [http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/uploadedImages/articles/349_Hesperion-XXI-led-by313091.jpg "Little Egypt"], a dancer who performed at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
But since then, they've been a hit, with outfits ranging from tube tops to two-piece swimsuits. So this is a trope about costumes showing the curvy area around a woman's waist. Also commonly called a crop top, cropped top, belly shirt, half shirt, midriff shirt, midriff halter top, tummy top, short shirt, or cutoff shirt; also sometime seen with some halter tops, and dozens of non-Western styles.
Note that simply showing the belly and a little skin around it, like a slightly open shirt, does not count. But a dress with a large section around the belly cut out does.
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