Jennifer Lopez was photographed having lunch at Dante, a popular restaurant in Manhattan's West Village, this week, wearing an outfit built around a single layering move: a white collared shirt worn underneath a baby-blue sweatshirt. The combination, paired with wide-leg jeans, offered a straightforward template for dressing for the transition into fall.
The sweatshirt was oversize and worn loose, with the collar and cuffs of the white button-down visible at the neckline and sleeves. That detail is what elevated the outfit from purely casual to something a little more considered — a crisp collar underneath a soft, slouchy sweatshirt gives the eye more to look at and reads as slightly more finished than a sweatshirt alone. Lopez finished the look with black peep-toe heels rather than sneakers or flats, which kept the outfit from tipping fully into loungewear territory, along with sunglasses and her hair styled straight.
She carried a Bottega Veneta leather pouch clutch, reported to retail for more than $4,000, in keeping with her long-running rotation of the Italian label's woven leather pieces, which she has worn across both dressed-up and off-duty looks throughout the year. The bag added a note of polish to an otherwise relaxed, denim-based outfit.
The outing doubled as a family lunch: Lopez was seated with her child and friends at an outdoor table, ahead of the child's move to Sarah Lawrence College in New York this fall. According to reports on the outing, her child was dressed in a similarly oversize white sweatshirt with wide-leg jeans, echoing the loose, layered silhouette Lopez herself was wearing — a small, unplanned coordination that added to the appeal of the sighting.
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Lopez has leaned on wide-leg denim as a wardrobe constant for the past several seasons, pairing the silhouette with everything from tailored blazers to knitwear depending on the occasion. This latest look continues that pattern while adding a fall-specific layering trick: taking a lightweight collared shirt, a piece more associated with warmer months, and extending its usefulness into cooler weather by topping it with a sweatshirt. The formula does not require new cold-weather pieces so much as it repurposes what is likely already in a late-summer wardrobe.
It is a technique that has surfaced elsewhere this season as well, as sweatshirts with built-in collars and layered necklines have started showing up from mainstream retailers, suggesting a broader interest in the same silhouette. Lopez's version is not the only example of the trend, and the outfit is better read as one instance of a familiar styling idea than as a standalone phenomenon. Still, for anyone looking for an easy way to stretch a spring or summer wardrobe into early fall, pairing a collared shirt with an oversize sweatshirt over wide-leg denim is a workable starting point, made a bit more memorable by Lopez's signature accessories.
