When it’s hot—and it certainly is climate-emergency-hot this summer—we tend to veer towards less fabric, more skin. We debate how many bare butt cheeks have graced the subway seats before us. T-shirts are in utero-sized. Our shoes are thonged or soleless, semi-barefoot.
This season, though, has seen t-shirts lengthen and sleeves elongate—it’s bye-bye baby tee, hello schlubby shirt summer.
Take Zendaya, for example, who experimented with method dressing and managed to beat the heatwave concurrently in a vintage, XXL Spider-Man t-shirt on the red carpet. Paired with those trusty white Louboutin pumps, it felt cheeky, easy, and breezy. Alexa Demie wore an oversized “I <3 Rosalia” merch t-shirt to the pop star’s Los Angeles show, paired with black track pants and vintage adidas boxing boots to add to the sporty, relaxed aesthetic.
