midriff

A moderately-sized rectangular gap between clothing that exposes the character's stomach. The total amount of exposed skin should equal no more than half the stomach’s surface; with waistline bottomwear the gap ends slightly above the navel, though it can shift to accommodate high-waist clothing.

Use midriff when there are regular clothes above (e.g. a crop top) and below (e.g. pants) the stomach, but the stomach is bare or visible beneath see-through clothing. "Regular" is not limited to real apparel.

Midriff is not/should not be used for:

• A substitute for stomach, or implicated by it.
• Characters that are topless female/topless male, bottomless, or nude.
• Characters wearing any form of swimsuit, most often bikinis, bikini top only, or bikini bottom only.
• Characters wearing any type of underwear, such as bras and panties, unless they're visible beneath normal clothing.*
• An upper body shot that features qualifying topwear, but no bottom is visible.

Note: Midriff may still apply to otherwise disqualifying clothing if it is underwear worn as outerwear, such as sports bras, camisoles, tank tops worn with panties, etc.

Examples

See also

• Crop top
• Crop top overhang
• Cropped jacket
• Cropped shirt
• Midriff peek