Bye, White T-Shirts—Fashion People Are Convinced This Cooler Alt Looks Better With Jeans

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We have nothing against white T-shirts. They're a timeless classic for a reason. It's just… they aren't that exciting. They don't add anything new to an outfit. Instead, they're better for grounding louder pieces or statement trends. If you're trying to put together an exciting look with jeans, T-shirts aren't necessarily what you gravitate towards. But fashion girls have found a solution: graphic tees.

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Graphic tees were everywhere in the 2000s. From Juicy Couture shirts with the word "Shopaholic" printed on the front to Britney Spears's inspiration and iconic "Dump Him" shirt, they were nonserious ways to say something with what you were wearing. It could be cheeky or nonsensical. The weirder and more ironic, the better.

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But as with all trends from the 2000s, the graphic tee took a back seat to more classic minimalist styles. Since we're now seeing the fun fashion pendulum swing back as maximalism rises, graphic tees are having a moment again. And they're the best thing to wear with jeans right now.

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Tara Gonzalez
Tara Gonzalez
Senior Fashion & Social Editor

Tara Gonzalez is a senior fashion and social editor at WhoWhatWear. where she is interested in exploring the intersection of fashion and culture and why we are drawn to wearing the things we wear and what that says about the world we live in. Previously she worked as a senior fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar. When she isn't writing trend deep dives for WWW, she's working on her newsletter on Substack, Cult Classic, which explores the very best fashion in film and television. She has a degree in creative writing from The University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and pug Bjork, the later of which has a very extensive collection of dog-sized Sandy Liang sweaters.