A disclaimer: the best thing about the hot girl summer meme (read up here, though if you haven’t heard about it yet, good job avoiding Wendy’s tweets, I guess) is that no matter who you are, what your style is, what your vibe is, if you’re doing you and having a great freaking time doing it, congrats! You’re having a hot girl summer.

This is pretty much my ethos when it comes to writing about fashion and lifestyle on the internet – if you’re happy and having a grand old time, and your clothes / lifestyle makes you feel confident, girl. I’m here. to. hype. you. up.

But! My summer 2019 staples also fit squarely with the concept of hot girl summer – being confident and cute but also comfortable and cool, because y’all. Summer is here and she is hooooooooooooot and humid. I am living a hot girl summer, literally and figuratively. RIP my electricity bill.

Here are my staples for Hot Girl Summer 2019:

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Jumpsuit

Products: Floral Jumpsuit – Revolve, Abstract Jumpsuit – Nordstrom, Striped Jumpsuit – Nordstrom

When jumpsuits came on the scene in, what, summer of 2016/17 maybe? I gave them the side-eye, hard. They looked try-hardy, gave me peeing in rompers during music festival flashbacks, and generally looked like the kind of thing that only twiggy ladies could pull off without looking like they were wearing a potato sack.

You’d think I’d have learned by now, but I tried a jumpsuit on at Target on a whim and boy. Was I WRONG. Jumpsuits look great on just about any body – they emphasize your waist and make your legs look miles long, and come in a variety of cuts around the bust if you’re *ahem* chestier, like me.

Plus they are breathable like dresses but give you the mobility of pants, which is almost an equivalent exchange for the whole using the bathroom downside. Dress it up with minimal jewelry and a blazer, you can wear it to work; add heels and a cute clutch, it’s fine for a summer wedding. Buy three. You’re welcome.