Can We Talk About How a Good T-Shirt Is Genuinely All You Need This Summer?

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We have been overcomplicating summer dressing for too long.

Linen sets, co-ords, matching everything, spending way too much money on pieces you will wear twice and then forget about, and for what?

Because the answer to every single summer outfit question you have ever had is already hanging in your wardrobe right now. It is a t-shirt. That is it.

Can We Talk About How a Good T-Shirt Is Genuinely All You Need This Summer? — Courtesy: @miss_alya77

There is a reason the women who always look good keep coming back to basics and the t-shirt is the most powerful basic of all of them.

Check you closet, and confirm if you have a white fitted tee that holds its shape and sits close to the body, and a white oversized tee, the kind that is big enough to wear as a dress.

You need both of those again also in black because black and white t-shirts are genuinely not negotiable.

Add a crop tee into the mix for when you want to show a little waist and then, for the days when you want to be a little unhinged and a lot more interesting, find yourself a graphic tee and a brighter colored tee.

Now that your t-shirt wardrobe is sorted, here is every outfit you need to try this summer built entirely around it.

Wear It As A Dress, Because Why Not?

LOOK 1

Grab your most oversized tee, throw it on over some tiny shorts and just wear it as a dress.

Tiny shorts underneath mean you are covered no matter what happens and the oversized tee does everything else.

If you want to elevate it, add a belt at the waist to create some shape and finish with white sneakers, a strappy heel or a mule.

Layer a shirt underneath your baggy t-shirt look and you have a summer outfit that looks like you thought about it way more than you did.

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Pair Your Oversized Tee With a Mini Skirt/Short

LOOK 2

An oversized tee tucked loosely into a mini skirt is one of those combinations that just works every single time.

The baggy tee against the short skirt creates a proportion that is very cool and very effortless.

And if you want to swap the skirt for shorts, that works too.

Keep the tee slightly tucked at the front for that casual undone finish.

Oversized Tee + Denim Jeans = Classic Combo

LOOK 3

This is the most classic combination on this entire list and it never gets old.

Wear your oversized tee with your favourite pair of jeans and then either knot it at the front or do a side tuck into your bra to define your waist and show a little stomach.

That one small adjustment takes it from just a tee and jeans to an actual outfit.

Straight leg, wide leg, baggy, low rise? Any jean works here.

Oversized Tee + Sweatpants = Your Lazy Streetwear Look

LOOK 4

For the days when you want to look like you tried but you really did not, try an oversized tee with a good pair of sweatpants.

This is the summer off duty uniform and it is completely underrated as an actual going out outfit.

Elevate it with pointed-toe heels or a clean white sneaker, a good bag and some jewellery and suddenly it is not lazy dressing anymore.

Throw A Blazer Or Jacket On Top

LOOK 5

An oversized tee under a leather jacket with jeans or a mini skirt is one of the most reliable outfits you can put together for summer.

It works for brunch, it works for the office, it works for a dinner where you are not sure how dressed up to get.

An oversized linen blazer for daytime, a sharp tailored one for evening both work perfectly over a plain white or black tee.

This is the summer off duty uniform and it is completely underrated as an actual going out outfit.

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Pair Oversized Tees With Jorts

LOOK 6

Jorts and an oversized tee is the summer aesthetic in its most pure and honest form.

Knot the tee at the front if you want to show a little waist, leave it loose if you want that full relaxed energy.

Add chunky sandals, mules, boots, or a classic sneaker and you are completely done.

Fitted Tee With Baggy Jeans

LOOK 7

A fitted tee tucked into a pair of really good baggy jeans is a whole look on its own.

It is clean, it is intentional, and Y2K energy at its peak.

Pair a Crop Baggy Tee With Fitted Bottoms

LOOK 8

A crop tee that is slightly oversized and boxy on top with something fitted on the bottom (leggings, bike shorts, a fitted midi skirt, or even skinny jeans) is the proportion combination that makes both pieces look better than they would on their own.

This is also the easiest gym to street outfit you will ever put together.

Tee Under A Slip Dress

LOOK 9

Layering a plain tee under a slip dress is one of those styling moves that looks very considered and very fashion without requiring any real effort.

A white fitted tee under a yellow slip dress is a complete summer outfit.

Tee With A Satin Mini

LOOK 10

Pair your favorite tee into a satin mini skirt or even lace satin shorts for that effortless summer look that takes five minutes to put together and looks like it took much longer.

Wear it with a flat sandals during the day and swap to a heel at night and you have two completely different outfits from the exact same combination.

At the end of the day, the t-shirt is a summer basic you need to build anything.