38 Trendy Updates I'm Shopping to Wear With My Basics This Summer
If, like me, all you bought over the course of the past two years were basics, and you're ready to spice things up a bit, now is the perfect time to do so. Loungewear purchases are decreasing as people are buying more things to wear out in the world.
Since you probably have enough basics, I put together a handy list of 38 fun, trendy summer items to wear with all of those white T-shirts, jeans, slip skirts, shorts, button-downs, and simple sneakers. These pieces are guaranteed to bring color, personality, and compliments to your summer outfits, and there are options for every budget. Accessories, cool tops, miniskirts, shoes, and more abound, so let's get to it before the exceptionally fun pieces sell out, shall we?
Scroll to shop 38 trendy updates I'm currently coveting for summer.
If it's by Completedworks, there's a 100% chance I'm going to want it.
I love that this has a trendy corset silhouette.
I'm daydreaming about fun summer occasions to wear this to.
Yes, I'm biased, but these sandals are beautiful (and available at Nordstrom).
So these are kind of a basic too, but I like them, and they have trendy elements, so in the roundup they go.
I think about this top on a daily basis.
I'd reach for this again and again when I don't know what to wear.
This post was originally published at an earlier date and has since been updated.
Next up, I'm Completely Revamping My Summer Wardrobe—I Cut These 8 Staples First
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. 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.
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