You know how I have been repeating innumerable amount of times about the basic chic outfit that revolves around the succinct yet immaculate combination of white t-shirt and denim jeans till the fact that it has been a tough challenge for all the other ootds to transcend it in terms of it's lackadaisical yet effortless chic? The bond between the white t-shirt and denim jeans have become so strong that it is insurmountable. You find ways to overcome their relationship but yet you are always being thrown back into the arena of white t-shirt and denim jeans when you are too lazy to dress up. You thought: 'Maybe I should face that fact that it's time I should just stick with the usual regime when I'm running late, or getting a little too sloth.'
I am going to break your chain of thoughts now and tell you that the bond is, de facto, surmountable.
I changed the game up a little when I felt that it was time to eradicate the normality in achieving that lackadaisical feel. I suggested inverting them, attaining a whole new look without compromising to the same laid back vibe. I also proposed varying your denim jeans length, so that you will not kill everyone with your continuous 'coincidental' combination that might eventually lead to boredom.
Despite the fact that I (or anyone else out there) have came up with 2154236458745 approaches in annihilating the mindsets of everyone that the basic chic does not necessarily coincide with the white t-shirt and denim jeans combo, it is still inevitable that people will still continue doing so. Is it an act of rebellion? Or have we become so innately influenced by the perpetrator to only accept the connotation oof 'basic chic' as that aforementioned fusion?
I believe it's the latter. We are not rebels who choose not to make a change. Fashion is all about changing up. The runways change, seasons change and clothing change. Some of the collections might be a re-edition of yesteryears, but we cannot deny that they are being infused with a tinge of different style.
And this is where I'm instilling something new to the old basic chic style, and in hopes that it will eventually intersperse. I took the white t-shirt and denim jeans, broke their what-you-thought-was-insurmountable bond and hooked them up with something else (not someone else). As we are still striving for that lackadaisical look, I have decided that the denim jeans would go well with a biker jacket thrown over a loosely fit muscle tank top.
As for the white t-shirt, I only paired it up with an orange wide leg pants and some combat booties underneath. You cannot deny that it is a lazy look since it's only down to three pieces and you can definitely put them together when you're running late. Can you?
Image one: Topshop biker jacket, Man Repeller x Patterson J. Kincaid muscle tank, Zara jeans and sandals, Alexander Wang x H&M bag pack
Image two: COS white t-shirt, Zara orange wide leg pants, Sam Edelman booties (cannot be seen here)
Image credits Imran