Photography by Melanie Riccardi

SHIRT: Burberry (also love it in coral and this similar one) | JEANS: AG (also love the similar versions here, here, here & here) | BLAZER: J. Crew (similar here, here & here) | SHOES: Michael Kors (very similar here, here, here & here) | BELT: old but similar here | NECKLACE: c/o Gorjana | WATCH: c/o Daniel Wellington | SUNGLASSES: Ray-Ban

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Since tomorrow is a day off for many of us celebrating Easter, I thought I’d do a little Casual Thursday post today, featuring these amazing flare leg jeans, Burberry striped tee and blazer.

Setting aside the fabulous 70s revival that’s happening everywhere and in particular, below my belt today, I want to talk about this glorious t-shirt. Hear me out on this one.

I used to think that spending more than $25 on a “t-shirt” like the one depicted here was ridonkulous. But last weekend, when opening my dresser drawer to a proverbial sea of ragged-looking t-shirts, I finally saw them for the cheap chumps that they are (though actually, in this case, I am indeed the chump).

There are few clothing items that I spend more time in than tees like the one pictured above, so I’m not sure why the natural inclination is to skimp. Would I rather have a few better pieces or a volcano of pilled t-shirts whose necklines look like sad, mangled versions of their former selves after one or two washings? I came up with two options: (a) I could stop washing my clothing for fear of cheap t-shirts immediately losing shape; or (b) I could stop buying 18,000 cheap t-shirts, suck it up and shell out a couple extra bucks in order to have a few decent-looking basics for many years to come.

It should go without saying that I immediately chose option A. However, for fear of ostracization from my friends and family not to mention the potential rodent problem that such practices could elicit, I realized that a laundry strike was the less optimal solution.

And thus, I give you this stripey delicious Burberry t-shirt. It’s so good.

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This post was produced in partnership with Nordstrom.