Jean Shorts Look Anything But Dated When Worn With This Basic Trend and Summer 2026's It Flats

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Dua Lipa exiting Electric Lady in NYC wearing a backwards baseball cap, white long-sleeve T-shirt, cut-off denim shorts, and a black Chanel Maxi Flap bag and burgundy Chanel Coco Beach ballet flats
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We're all well aware that cutoff jean shorts are a bit of a polarizing thing in this day and age, but when paired with elevated pieces, dated they are not, and I say this with conviction. If you're skeptical, I have a recent Dua Lipa outfit to present to you that proves my point.

Dua Lipa was in NYC last week and spotted exiting Electric Lady Studios. Her outfit for the recording session (just a guess that's what she was doing there) was casual, but it included thoughtful touches that made it look cool—cutoff denim shorts and all. The two pieces, in particular, that made a significant impact on the outfit were the white long-sleeve T-shirt, a basic trend that fellow It girls such as Hailey Bieber are embracing in 2026, and her ballet flats. The shoes were Chanel's Coco Beach 2026 ballet flats, to be exact, a beloved style that the fashion house wisely brought back from the archives. As expected, fashion people are clamoring for the oversize logo–emblazoned leather flats.

Now that you have the context, scroll on to see the on-trend jean-shorts outfit Dua Lipa wore, and shop everything you need to re-create it.

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Dua Lipa's Denim-Shorts Outfit

Dua Lipa exiting Electric Lady in NYC wearing a backwards baseball cap, white long-sleeve T-shirt, cut-off denim shorts, and a black Chanel Maxi Flap bag and burgundy Chanel Coco Beach ballet flats

(Image credit: XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

On Dua Lipa: Ann Demeulemeester "Are You Dreaming" Sketch Print Long Sleeve ($370); Celine Western Belt ($660); Chanel Maxi Flap Bag ($8500) and Coco Beach Ballet Flats ($1225)

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Allyson Payer
Allyson Payer
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Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.