The 9 Best White Tank Tops for Women, As Tested By Editors

They might’ve been a beacon of Brat summer—as Charli XCX wisecracked, the key to achieving this self-indulgent aesthetic is a “Bic lighter and a strappy white top”—but white tank tops have gone the way of the ballet flat. That is to say, the best white tank tops have transcended micro trend status and simply become a wardrobe staple that chic dressers wear in spades.

Sure, their appearance on proclaimed internet It girls Julia Fox and Rachel Sennott in the “360” singer’s music video for the single might’ve helped the style garner a reputation as an essential for hedonists. However, long before they were given this label, white tank tops were revered as a simple and unfussy top that allowed for endless styling possibilities.

What began as a base layer designed to be hidden in plain sight beneath shirts, the white tank top first took to the spotlight in 1951 when American heartthrob Marlon Brando bared his bulging biceps in one during the black-and-white melodrama A Streetcar Named Desire.