We have all seen that photograph of young women posed against an autumn backdrop in skinny jeans, tall leather boots and brimmed hats. The internet christened it “Christian Girl Autumn” and then memed it to death. It was everywhere, eerily uniform and there always seemed to be a Pumpkin Spice Latte in hand. And we all know at least one person, plus their cousin, who adopted it wholesale.. The skinny jean has since been declared over, and the Katniss Everdeen boot retired to the archive of trends we now pretend we never touched. And yet, as the prophecy goes, evil doesn’t die, it reinvents itself.. Enter the baby tee and cargo pants. Or the cropped white T-shirt with wide-leg jeans, slick bun, tiny shoulder bag and trainers that have been aggressively workshopped to look accidental. This outfit would like you to believe it came together instinctually, that you simply got dressed and happened to emerge looking like a fully formed aesthetic.. Curious, then, how so many other people had the same spontaneous thought. Blindfold yourself and throw a pebble in any direction in Bandra or Hauz Khas. Your next five strawberry matchas are on me if you don’t hit at least three people wearing some version of this look. A ten-minute scroll on Instagram will confirm it just as efficiently.
