5 Outfit Ideas To Rock Hot Summer Days

Figuring out what to get dressed in each morning when your brain is only 50% on is hard enough. Doing it with the expectation that your entire body is going to transform into a bloated, sweating, frizzled, frazzled mess as soon as you step out of your (hopefully) air-conditioned abode is enough to send you back to bed.

* Let's start from the floor-up, okay? Keep your shoes flat, open-toed, and sturdy, if you want to keep from sweat-slipping out of them. Also, make sure they're broken in before you start wearing them in the dog days of summer that's just inviting blisters.

* The cardinal rule to hot-weather dressing is that bigger is better. Even though Bermuda shorts and button-downs aren't as short as Daisy Dukes or tight tanks, the extra wiggle room will allow air to circulate a lot better.

* Though a hat might seem like it'll suffocate your head, protecting your scalp from UV rays will eventually keep you cooler. Built-in ventilation doesn't hurt, either.

* Sweat stains: They're inevitable. Patterns camouflage perspiration a whole lot better than solid colors do.

* Natural fibers are way more breathable than anything synthetic. But, since they're also way less stretchy, make sure you're, again, going for something bigger in size.