Crochet Halter Top with Open Back

A sleeveless crochet halter top, finished with a scalloped edge and left open across the back.

Crochet is an open construction by nature, so the top breathes before any fabric choice has been made for it. The blend behind it is 84% cotton with 16% nylon, soft rather than stiff. The scallop edge is the finish that keeps openwork from looking unresolved, and the open back turns a straightforward halter into something less expected. The model is wearing a small.

This is a summer top in the most literal sense: beach days, and the evenings that follow them. Over a swimsuit it works as a cover-up, and over nothing it works as the whole top. Keep the rest of the outfit plain and let the texture be the only thing there is to look at.