The Highly Specific Way to Wear a T-Shirt in 2026 If You Want to Look Cool

And the specific T-shirt trend you need to pull it off.

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Alexa Chung wearing a Miu Miu brown suede jacket with a grey sweater over a yellow T-shirt, baggy jeans, and ballet flats in Milan
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I've been a Who What Wear editor for twelve years, and I'm pretty sure that's how long I've been writing about Alexa Chung's T-shirt outfits. She's basically a T-shirt outfit icon, and a the one she just wore in Milan proves exactly why. It involves both a major 2026 T-shirt trend and a T-shirt styling trend.

Chung traveled to Italy for Milan Design Week and was photographed at yesterday's Miu Miu Literary Club event. For the occasion, she chose a casual, effortlessly cool outfit, consisting of a brown suede Miu Miu jacket, baggy jeans, and black ballet flats, but it was what she wore underneath the jacket that caught my attention. The T-shirt trend I'm referring to is a colorful tee (in this case, bright yellow), instead of a white one. And the styling trend I'm referring to is the colorful tee layered under a sweater. A sweater in any color would work, but tees in a bright hue look especially cool against steely gray.

Keep scrolling to see for yourself and to shop Chung's look, along with a handful of cool tees in bold colors to wear under your gray sweater.

The T-Shirt Outfit on Alexa Chung

Alexa Chung wearing a Miu Miu brown suede jacket with a grey sweater over a yellow T-shirt, baggy jeans, and ballet flats in Milan

(Image credit: Valentina Frugiuele/Getty Images)

On Alexa Chung: Miu Miu jacket and Wander Matelassé Nappa Leather Hobo Bag ($2950)

A Closer Look

Alexa Chung wearing a Miu Miu brown suede jacket with a grey sweater over a yellow T-shirt, baggy jeans, and ballet flats in Milan

(Image credit: Valentina Frugiuele/Getty Images)

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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.