Reminder: The White Tank Top Is Your Best Summer Staple

Can a top be your best friend? We think so.

By Courtney Thompson Jul 25, 2017, 10:24 AM ET

Listen, I’m not in the business of looking to baby supermodels to dictate what’s cool and not cool. While I wish was 20, I’m not. And what works for 20-year-olds most certainly doesn’t work for me (and by me, I also mean you)—teensy crop tops, for example. Oh, what we’d all give to be able to wear a teensy crop top again. Not happening, for me at least, anytime soon.

That said, let’s talk about 20-year-old supermodel Bella Hadid and her white tank top situation. It’s crisp, it’s clean, it’s flattering. And most importantly, it’s a glaring reminder that white tank tops are the quintessential shirt we should all be wearing this summer. Pair it with an extravagant, floor-length skirt, ripped cutoffs or frayed-hem jeans and the tank will perfectly tie together whichever look you’re working. (Need more proof? Vogue agrees.) Another idea? Layer it with the summer’s hottest accessory, the kimono!

No, I probably won’t go braless like Hadid did in her Re/Done Ribbed Tank Top, but a slightly cropped version combined with skinny white jeans and booties is crazy cute—and as Vogue reminded us, it’s been the go-to summer look of supermodels for decades now. Who wasn't clamoring for a tank and cutoffs after watchig that 1991 Pepsi commercial?

(Full disclosure: We’ll use any excuse to watch the Cindy Pepsi commercial!) But hopefully that smokin’ hot reminder of why white tanks are everything will get you shopping the options below. Whether you’re looking for slouchy or fitted, flowy or racerback, these are the best you can buy right now.