Yep, *The* Outfit of Summer 2026 Is Here

Shop the low-key outfit all the cool girls are wearing.

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Influencers wearing tank tops, low-rise drawstring pants, flip-flops
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The outfit of summer 2026 is here, and all you need to recreate it is a tank top or T-shirt, low-rise drawstring pants, and flip-flops. Now that we're melting our way through July and summer outfits abound, some themes have become quite apparent, and one is that this outfit formula has become the fast favorite among cool dressers. Due to the often-oppressive heat of summer and the more laid-back pace of life this time of year, simple, versatile outfits that are appropriate for the sweltering days abound, and the one I'm coining the number-one summer outfit of 2026 fits the bill perfectly.

The beauty of this outfit is that the options of tees and tanks to wear with drawstring pants of any color or print abound. You could dress it up for the city or down for a day at the beach. Either way, if you wear this breezy summer pants outfit, you'll look effortlessly cool. Feel scrolling to find out why and shop the popular outfit formula.

Shop 6 Versions of the Tank/Tee + Drawstring Low-Rise Pants + Flip-Flops Outfit

Outfit 1

Influencer wearing a tank top, low-rise drawstring pants, and flip-flops

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Outfit 2

Influencer wearing a tank top, low-rise drawstring pants, and flip-flops

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Outfit 3

Influencer wearing a tank top, low-rise drawstring pants, and flip-flops

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Outfit 4

Influencer wearing a T-shirt, low-rise drawstring pants, and flip-flops

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Outfit 5

Influencer wearing a tank top, low-rise drawstring pants, and flip-flops

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Outfit 6

Influencer wearing a tank top, low-rise drawstring pants, and flip-flops

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Allyson Payer
Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

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.