Sydney’s white T-shirt suggests there is more to The Bear than costume and drama

Popularity of the simple white T-shirt worn by characters in culinary TV series proves shows can’t fudge the details

The Bear is back for season 4, but never mind Carmy’s famous white T-shirt. All eyes are on Sydney, the quietly competent sous chef played by Ayo Edebiri, who has been breaking the internet with her own white T-shirt.

Designed by a small independent US brand called Everybody.World, and worn as she’s prepping in the opening episode, it mirrors the tight white tee by Merz b. Schwanen preferred by her erratic boss. His crashed the company’s website – and helped propel Jeremy Allen White to become the face (and body) of Calvin Klein.