How To Wear A T-Shirt Every Day For A Week, From Work To Weekends

So you think you have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. But what about that pile of T-shirts hiding in the bottom drawer of your dresser, just waiting for their moment?

This practical item has somehow become an afterthought, so we decided to put it back in the spotlight: We’d each wear a T-shirt every day for five days, and we’d ignore all the bodysuits, blouses, button-downs, sweaters and other tops in our closets.

The folks at Universal Standard, known for their inclusive basics in sizes 00 to 40, sent us some Tee Rex T-shirts for the experiment. Each of us — one a size 6, the other a size 16 — was supplied four tees to style for the week’s five themes: a weekend style, a jeans-and-tee ensemble, a biz-casual outfit, a midi skirt look, and something for date night.

How would we, two fashion-curious women, fare with locking away our favorite tops in favor of donning T-shirts in a semi-professional work environment several days in a row? Would anyone be eagle-eyed (or bold) enough to call us out for wearing “just a T-shirt” to work meetings, business breakfasts or after-dinner meet-ups?

Here’s what we discovered along the way: