This Simple Top Detail Is Game Changing

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When it comes to style, a simple detail can make all the difference. Right now, we’ve got our eyes on the side-slit top. While you might be most familiar with skirts with slit details à la Angelina Jolie, this iteration is something different.

This detail along the side seams of your everyday top is minor but mighty, elevating any piece from its standard look. From split hems to dramatic high-low levels, these tees, blouses, and sweaters add movement and allow for styling, tucking, and twisting your top in a range of new ways.

Ready to test out a side-slit top yourself? We pulled together our favorite takes on the style just for you. Layer them over a mock turtleneck for the winter, or take a lighter version to the beach with you as a cover-up. Or, tuck the front into a pair of skinny jeans for a casual approach to the trend. Whatever you do, you’ll want to wear this trend all the time.

Basically, the subtle detail livens up any top. Excuse us while we overhaul our entire wardrobe…

Dale Arden Chong
Dale Arden Chong
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Dale Arden Chong is the Senior Fashion Commerce Editor at ELLE.com, where she edits and reports on the latest trends, labels, and designers in the fashion space to bring you the best items that will elevate your wardrobe. She has a robust knowledge of high-quality design, construction, and materials based on testing hundreds of products over her eight-plus years in the industry, writing stories for Glamour, Who What Wear, Entertainment Tonight, and others. Dale graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Communication Design. In 2015, she was a finalist for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award.