Is It OK To Wear Crop Tops On The Red Carpet? Katharine McPhee Tries The Trend

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Crop tops were a big hit on the Spring/Summer 2012 catwalk, but that was LAST year, so what are these celebrities doing still rocking the trend? Although there were a few splashings of the midriff-baring apparel on the 2013 runway, we thought this was a look soon to be dead and buried. Guess we were wrong...

American actress Katharine McPhee is the latest in what seems like an ever-growing line of celebs who've taken to flashing their tummies on the red carpet.

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The 28-year-old rolled up to the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon show in an all-black ensemble, teed off with a statement necklace and a popping candy pink lip. There's no denying Katharine looked hawwt, but we can't help wondering where all this belly-showing came from.

Was Gwyneth Paltrow's 2011 Emmy outfit the root of the resurgence?
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Or is Katy Perry to blame for all this? She's been doing the crop top thing since 2009...
katy perry crop top

Perhaps we'll never discover the tue cause of the crop top trend's revival. What do you make of the look? Are you in style heaven or should the crop be left where it belongs, in the Nineties?

To help you make your mind up, here's a whole host of celebrities showing off their abdomens...

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  • Christina Aguilera

    The 2000 My VH1 Music Awards, November 2000.

  • Scarlett Johansson

    <em>The Others</em> Los Angeles premiere, August 2001.

  • Sarah Jessica Parker

    The 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, March 2001.

  • Keira Knightley

    <em>Pirates Of The Caribbean</em> World premiere, 2003.

  • Katy Perry

    House of Molinari Birthday Extravaganza, May 2009.

  • Daisy Lowe

    Glamour Women Of The Year Awards 2011

  • Gwyneth Paltrow

    63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, September 2011.

  • Diane Kruger

    <em>InStyle</em> pre-Golden Globes Awards season party at Cecconi's, November 2012.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Premiere <em>The Hunger Games</em>, March 2012.

  • Rooney Mara

    <em>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo </em>photocall, January 2012.

  • Katy Perry

    Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, March 2012.

  • Selena Gomez

    Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, March 2012.

  • Miley Cyrus

    iHeartRadio Music Festival, 2012.

  • Kristen Stewart

    <em>On The Road</em> Gala screening, November 2012.

  • Miley Cyrus

    <em>VH1</em> Divas event in 2012.

  • Zoe Kravitz

    <em>HBO</em> Hosts The Premiere Of <em>Girls</em> season two, January 2013.

  • Laura Whitmore

    MTV Brand New: The Vaccines, January 2013.

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02:53 PM on 02/05/2013
too skinny no boobs but yeah shagable just choose yr hole
09:39 AM on 02/05/2013
'see who wore a crop top on the red carpet'?....

I was expecting something more random,... like, Tom Cruise! :oD

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