IT’S A HOT WIRE!
Polo can you go? Bra-dacious crop top is a total bust
This sexy shirt gives new meaning to the phrase “hot under the collar.”
Ariana Grande posed poolside in an Instagram video last week wearing a curious choice of shirt: a semi-sheer, long-sleeved crop top that combined a preppy collar with a built-in bra.
The petite “Positions” singer racked up 18 million views for the sultry snap — spotlighting the head-scratching hybrid garment beloved by supermodels and socialmedia stars.
Never one to shy away from creatively showing skin, catwalk sex kitten Bella Hadid put her stamp on the itty-bitty shirt, stepping out in a cream-colored version paired with armystyle green pants on the streets of Manhattan.
And Spanish pop star Rosalía teamed the bust-sculpting top in black with sweatpants and heels in an Instagram pic.
Priced at $325, the “underwire polo” is the brainchild of NYC designer Marcelo Gaia for his label Mirror Palais. He called the sultry crop top “one of those pieces that you either love immensely or hate.”
As he told Who What Wear, “I love seeing the response people have to it. It’s so funny because it’s just a top, but for some reason, people react very strongly to it.”
Gaia’s not kidding. “I think this is maybe the worst shirt I have ever seen,” one person tweeted of the polarizing piece, while another joked that it “looks like when I wear a crop top with no bra and my t - ts just swallow it,” deeming it “god awful.”
Despite the critics, the collared, curve-hugging style continues to be a hit with Instagram It girls and celebs alike, and is currently sold out in every color — along with its cold-weather counterpart, the underwire turtleneck.
And in this casual COVID age where many have bid farewell to their wired bras, that’s quite the accomplishment.