L.A. It Girls Know the Linen-Pant Color Trend to Buy and the Cool Way to Wear It for 2026

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Gigi Hadid wearing a black long-sleeve T-shirt, pale yellow linen pants, and black ballet flats to dinner with Bradley Cooper
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You know it's summer when all the It girls start trading in their jeans for linen pants, and nowhere is that truer than in the inherently casual Los Angeles. There, it's perfectly normal to even wear linen pants at upscale restaurants after dark, and L.A. native Gigi Hadid did just that while dining at Giorgio Baldi with Bradley Cooper over the weekend. In one fell swoop, her outfit both provided an example of the It linen-pant color trend of summer 2026 and the ideal cool-girl way to style them.

If you jumped ahead, I'm sure you spotted that the color I'm referring to is butter yellow (shocking, I know), and that the coolest way to wear linen pants of any color is with a basic, such as a long-sleeve tee on top, and elegant leather ballet flats on your feet. Laid-back and effortless will always be the optimal way to style linen pants, and Hadid's easy look captures the vibe perfectly. Scroll on for the outfit inspiration and to shop some of the best butter-yellow pants on the internet.

On Gigi Hadid Out to Dinner in L.A.

Gigi Hadid wearing a black long-sleeve T-shirt, pale yellow linen pants, and black ballet flats to dinner with Bradley Cooper

(Image credit: The Hollywood Curtain/Backgrid)

Gigi Hadid wearing a black long-sleeve T-shirt, pale yellow linen pants, and black ballet flats to dinner with Bradley Cooper

(Image credit: The Hollywood Curtain/Backgrid)

On Gigi Hadid: Campbell and Kramer Demeter Long Sleeve Top in Midnight ($150); EDLA Mars Ballet Flat ($335)

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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.