This original article was first published here: Labubu x Keith Haring Tee Styled Under the Tuscan Sun for Pitti Uomo
Pop Mart Labubu Keith Haring Inspired T-Shirt Under the Tuscan Sun – Planting Basil Teamed with Converse and Apricot Shorts Style Tips Heading to Pitti Uomo
I stood under the Tuscan sun, soil under my fingernails and basil seedlings in hand, wearing a Pop Mart Labubu T-shirt splashed with a Keith Haring-inspired motif. This isn’t your typical countryside gardening outfit, but then again, I’m not your typical Tuscan gardener. I was prepping for Pitti Uomo, and my look needed to scream street-style eccentricity meets sun-drenched simplicity.
The Labubu x Keith Haring tee is a conversation starter. This isn’t just cotton—it’s wearable pop art. A chaotic doodle of energy and attitude plastered across the chest, where Labubu dances in sync with Haring’s signature lines. It’s cheeky, whimsical, and strangely rebellious. The T-shirt isn’t trying hard—it just is. I wore it with the kind of confidence only found when you’re planting basil in your back garden while mentally preparing for one of the most photographed fashion events in Europe.
Pop Mart’s Labubu isn’t a character, it’s a lifestyle mascot. And when its vibrant presence is married to Haring’s electric art? You’re wearing rebellion, wrapped in a childlike grin. That combo on a white tee breathes colour into any ensemble, especially when teamed with a pair of tailored apricot shorts. You read that right. Apricot.
They’re soft, high-waisted and cuffed just enough to flirt with my knees. Apricot against olive skin under the sun? Delizioso. The colour adds just the right amount of whimsy, hinting at summer gelato, Florentine sorbet, and Aperol spritzes. There’s something both cheeky and elegant about pastels when paired with street art. Apricot becomes the grounding tone to the cartoonish frenzy above.
What’s more, these shorts have pockets deep enough for both my phone and a handful of basil cuttings. Function and fashion, side by side.
Teamed with Converse – Because Rome Wasn’t Built in Heels
As much as I adore my Prada platforms, Pitti Uomo demands comfort if you plan to actually walk between Fortezza da Basso and your next rooftop spritz appointment. Enter my off-white high-top Converse, scuffed just enough to remind people I’ve lived. Labubu may be mischievous, but these sneakers are loyal. The canvas holds a story—coffee spills in Bangkok, pigeon dodges in Rome, motorbike mishaps in Samui. They’re my trusty companions, the silent support act to my chaotic tee and apricot dreams.
Worn with invisible socks and slightly loosened laces, they ground the outfit without upstaging it. Converse is a democratic choice. You don’t wear them to impress. You wear them because you’re too busy doing life in style to tiptoe around Florence in loafers.
I always say your accessories should whisper, not scream. My canvas bag bore a faded lemon screen print and was half-filled with sunblock, mint leaves, and my Pitti Uomo pass. I tucked a sprig of basil into the front pocket. Why not? If you’re going to wear a garden to a fashion show, might as well go all in.
A straw hat flopped across my curls, more for drama than shade. My oversized sunglasses—vintage Dior from a flea market in Paris—sat poised on my nose like armour. Labubu may wear a mischief-filled grin, but I was ready for any fashion photographer daring to ask,
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