Gen Z hail this $18 item as the hottest garment for summer — but fashionistas fume over the stale look
Sandy Verma May 07, 2025 11:24 PM

It’s a voguish fail critics can’t help but a dress.

As the fashion world continues devolving into a bland wasteland, owing to Gen Z’s lack of personal style, the plain and mundane white T-shirt dress is rising as the summer’s hottest look.

But grimacing clotheshorses are saying “nay” to the blasé slay.

“Run to H&M for the new T-shirt dress that actually looks flattering when you wear it,” influencer Ayela Shayla urged her over 563,000 TikTok viewers, showing off the unembellished cotton coverall on its hanger.

Although fashion influencers have anointed H&M’s $18 white T-shirt dress the hottest summer outfit, social media critics say the piece is nothing more than a plain white shirt. Tiktok / @ayella

“Such a GOOD price and perfect for the summer,” the brunette added of the $18 number, listed as the “Defined-waist T-Shirt Dress” on HM.com.

Its fine fit and budget-friendly cost notwithstanding, unimpressed spectators couldn’t resist pointing out the obvious.

“It’s a white shirt [be f- -king for real],” spat a naysayer.

“That’s not a dress is it?!!,” questioned a confused commenter. “Doesn’t look like it covers anything.”

“Hell nah,” a separate hater wrote.

“Maybe in 2010,” another underwhelmed onlooker remarked.

H&M describes the controversial dress as: “Short dress in soft cotton jersey. Round, ribbed neckline, dropped shoulders, and sleeves finishing just above elbows. Shaping darts at back of waist for a tapered silhouette.” H&M
Social media savages mercilessly bashed the boring look on TikTok. PhotoBook – stock.adobe.com

“That would literally just be a T-shirt on any woman taller than 5 ft 6,” said an equally unenthused detractor.

The besieged white T-shirt dress joins the infamous list of lusterless looks plaguing everyday wardrobes.

Wannabe glamor gals of NYC recently took a virtual beating for rocking what’s been deemed the “corny Gen Z uniform.”

“How many people does it take to wear a leather jacket with blue jeans?” Christian Zubidi, a Manhattan content creator, wondered aloud while filming a flock of female twentysomethings sporting the stale style near Fifth Avenue in March.

And, unfortunately, the dull dressing disease is spreading like wildfire across the nation.

A gaggle of youngish women in Alabama were, too, spotted sporting the same uninspired attire — light-wash jeans, a dark-colored top and white sneakers — late last year.

“This is every city. Every bar,” a hater groaned of the yawn-worthy wear. “Jeans, black top [and] Forces.”

© Copyright @2025 LIDEA. All Rights Reserved.