With August on the horizon, it’s almost time to start thinking about back-to-school style—whether or not you’re an actual student. One look that could easily translate from the sidewalks to the hallways was seen today on Emily Ratajkowski.
When she stepped out in Los Angeles, she sported a leather backpack-and-minidress combination that loosely channeled the fashion made famous in Clueless, which celebrated its 22nd anniversary last week.
As a simpler alternative to her signature sundress, the sleeveless T-shirt shift had an effortless, modest-but-not-too appeal that would work for the first day of day of school and beyond (because trying too hard is never a good look). Fresh off of a summer vacation in Italy, Ratajkowski set off her tan with perfectly weather-beaten tennis shoes in a shade that matched the frock. Her apple-red book bag was a nice foil to so much beige, while those round tinted sunglasses by Garrett Leight California Optical, come fall, would serve as a fashion-forward reminder that it’s always summer somewhere.
