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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Two Rules for Wearing a Crop Top After 30 or Would You Wear A Crop Top?

Originally, I thought I'd write a post on "How to Wear a Crop Top." And then I started adding caveats like If You Don't Have a 6 Pack or If You're Not 21 Anymore. Then it was a question: Can Adult Women Wear Crop Tops? Here's the thing-I'm not sure. I haven't worn one since I was under 21, likely under 18. And after doing some online research, I'm not sure that I'm into the look as hard as I look.

So here's my question: would you wear one? If so, how?

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