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In the United States, the Motion Picture Production Code, or Hays Code, enforced after 1934, banned the exposure of the female navel in Hollywood films. [3] The National Legion of Decency, a Roman Catholic body guarding over American media content, also pressured Hollywood to keep clothing that exposed certain parts of the female body, such as bikinis and low-cut dresses, from being featured ...
A 1948 photo of Italian women in midriff-baring bikinis. In some cultures, exposure of the midriff is socially discouraged or even banned, and Western culture has historically been hesitant in the use of midriff-baring styles. Bill Blass commented: It is too difficult. Women will much more readily wear bare-back or plunging-neckline styles. [3]
The navel and midriff are often also displayed in bikinis, or when low-rise pants are worn. While the West was relatively resistant to navel-baring clothing until the 1980s, it has long been a fashion with Indian women, [22] often displayed with saris or lehengas. The Japanese have long had a special regard for
Although the crop top first gained prominence in the fashion industry during the 1930s [3] and 1940s [2] [4] [5] [6] —the latter in particular due to fabric rationing in World War II [7] —it was largely confined to women's underwear at the time.
Emphasis on the female buttocks as a sexual characteristic has increased in recent times according to Ray B. Browne, who attributes the change to the popularization of denim jeans: [E]mphasis on the upper female torso has recently given way to the lower area of the body, specifically the buttocks.
A comeback of the navel piercing was also signaled by Kim Kardashian who re-pierced her navel in 2024. [17] [18] A 2022 study found that women are primarily motivated to pierce their navels due to a desire to enhance body image and that a navel piercing can, in turn, significantly improve bodily self-perception. [19]
Pomegranate Studio belly dance, with women wearing belly chains. A belly chain or waist chain is the popular English term for the Indian jewelry [1] called kamarband. The belly chain is a type of body jewelry worn around the waist. [2] Some belly chains attach to a navel piercing; these are also called "pierced