Midriff school's student planner and handbook which includes "clothing that reveals the midriff". In 2004, the Board of Education of Meriden, Connecticut, brought a dress code that banned shirts, blouses that expose the top of the shoulders, haltertops, spaghetti tops, and any clothing that exposed the waist, midriff or hips. Indian women have traditionally worn saris that bare the midriff, especially South Indian women. The gap on the midriff between sari and the choli presented the elegance of a woman's graceful sway of her gait. A possible cultural justification is that in ancient Indian tradition, the navel of the God Vishnu
Midriff moves there is a flash of skin, but nothing startling. Fashion designer Carolina Herrera told, ""the midriff doesn't have to be completely bare; a veil of chiffon over the midriff can look intriguing."". The bare midriff, with flat, toned abs, became the trend in Hollywood in the 2010s. In the Spring-Summer 2015 Haute Couture show by Chanel in Paris, midriff-baring tops were a main focus. Beginning in the late 1940s, school dress codes in the United States started to ban bare midriffs. Even today, many American secondary schools have dress codes dating back to the 1970s against attire that leaves