Gen Z hail this $18 item as the hottest garment for summer but fashionistas fume over the stale look

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. “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. “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 ...