Illusion Crop Top Look

Okay, so I don’t know what the technical name for this top is called therefore I just made up the title of this post. I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned it on this blog before but I don’t wear crop tops for 2 main reasons. 1) I have a short torso so I feel like a crop top will not be a good look for me. 2) I feel self-conscious about showing off my stomach. Yes, I freely walk around the pool and beach in a bikini so I don’t really know what the problem is but maybe it just feels different when it’s clothing as opposed to a bathing suit because the thought is that clothes cover more of your body? I don’t know! I can’t explain it. Basically, I feel fine in a bikini, but when it comes to crop tops I get a bit shy haha. I have seen a lot of people rock crop top outfits and they look awesome, but I haven’t brought myself to wear them just yet.

This brings me to this top. It is a layered top and the bottom layer is see through. The top, striped layer ends above my belly button and then the flowy, sheer material continues and is hi-lo. It’s hard to see in the pictures, but it is sheer. That’s about as close to a crop top I’ve come so far. I paired it with skinny jeans and wedges for a dinner night out with girlfriends.

 
Top: Green Envelope Los Angeles via Lord & Taylor
Jeans:  Express
Shoes:  Jellypop via DSW

Face: Tarte Clean Slate Poreless Perfecting Primer, Revlon Color Stay Whipped Foundation, Neutrogena Mineral Powder, BareMinerals Well Rested, BareMinerals Mineral Veil, Benefit Erase Paste, BareMinerals Luminzer, Milani Baked Bronzer, Milani Baked Powder Blush (Rose D’Oro), MAC Fix+
Eyes: Too Faced Shadow Insurance, Sephora Outrageous Prisma Chrome (Outrageous Metallic Peach), Mally Shadow Stick (Rosy Taupe), Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara, Wet n Wild Brow Kit
Lips:  Revlon Color Burst Lip Butter (Peach Parfait)