The Bear is back on Disney+ - and even though it's the Emmy Award-winning show's third outing, we're still not over that white T-shirt.
Fans will know what we're talking about, but for the uninitiated, we're referring to a skin-tight white tee worn by Jeremy Allen White, who plays Carmy. Once you tune in, you’ll understand. You see, we all know the power a good white tee holds. Us fashion editors like to wax lyrical about the timeless appeal of this wardrobe staple, but we hardly ever talk about how, ahem, sexy, the perfect white tee can be, too. As Lana Del Rey sings, 'Blue jeans, white shirt, walked into the room, you know you made my eyes burn.' And after watching the first season, we finally understood what she meant.
(And FYI, life is now mirroring art because White, pictured yesterday in LA, has started wearing his very own white tee in the wild.)
Obviously, this proved to be internet sleuth catnip and super-fans quickly ID’ed Carmy’s sexy tee. Praise be. Twitter, Tik Tok and Reddit agreed: it’s made by the German basics company, Merz B. Schwanen, and comes with the hefty price tag of $100. But it’s no regular tee, mais non. It’s made in a loop-wheel factory which means the T-shirt is knitted in a continuous loop (aka, there are no side seams). If loop-wheeling results in looking like the best kind of beefcake, well, I’ll chuck everything out of my wardrobe with a side seam.
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Part of me does still wonder who’d wear a $100 white tee to work in a kitchen... (For anyone who's thinking the same thing, there are plenty of high street options below.) But who am I to judge, I don’t cook. The more airtime it gets, the better.
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Henrik Lischke is the Senior Fashion Features Editor at Grazia. Prior to that, he held the role of commerce writer at British Vogue, and was junior fashion editor at The Sunday Times Style. A first-class honours Fashion Journalism graduate from UAL: London College of fashion, Henrik is invariably on the lookout for the newest talent in fashion, that is driving the industry forward, and shining the spotlight on them whenever possible. He’s also got a passion for interiors design and the arts. Follow Henrik on Instagram @henriklischke.