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This season's fashion travesty lies firmly in the crop top, the most unsightly arrival on our high street since the scrunchie. Not to be confused with the slouchy cropped T-shirt styles that appeared in the shops last summer, this season's crop top is a tight-fitting phenomenon that is bra-like in form.

Certain to leave any wearer - washboard stomach or not - looking more like a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show than a style icon, the crop top's downfall is that it leaves little - OK, nothing - to the imagination.

Early advocates include Jennifer Lopez and Leona Lewis who, in recent months, seem to have found it impossible to leave the house without one.

During a recent outing, Anne Hathaway faltered from her standard red-carpet uniform by opting for a orange and black striped crop-top style, while Rihanna was spotted in a knitted version.

In London, the gorgeous Georgia May Jagger attempted to incorporate a printed waterfall-style crop into her trademark biker look, but even on her svelte model figure the result was much more Romford than Richmond.

Women of the world, pay heed: if a Jagger can't rock this teensy top style, nobody can.