Silicon Valley's new fashion icon: Alexandr Wang and his camo t-shirt

Internet sleuths said this outfit was a low-key "flex." Wang wrote that he had to "correct the record on this slander." Jensen Huang's leather jacket. Steve Jobs' black turtleneck. And… Alexandr Wang's camo print t-shirt? Meta's chief AI officer wore a camo shirt — complete with a deer graphic — during a keynote address. It's a trend for the exec. After people online speculated that it was a pricey luxury tee, Wang chimed in to say it was a $30 thrifted shirt. Move over Alexander Wang — it's Alexandr Wang (with only one "e") whose fashion choices are generating buzz online. The Meta exec, fresh off the runaway popularity of the Muse AI agent, is the guy Mark Zuckerberg effectively spent $15 billion to hire last year. And he dressed for the occasion — Meta's Connect 2026 conference on Wednesday — in a camo T-shirt with a 1990s-style print: a deer head on the front, a wooded path and more deer underneath it, and a "Lake Tahoe" label on the sleeve. Wang paired it with camo Crocs and black pants. Meta's chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, at Meta Connect 2026 Meta Silicon Valley executives have long used clothes to become instantly legible — think Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's rockstar energy in a leather jacket or former Apple CEO Steve Jobs' sleek black turtlenecks. Meta has its own form of the tradition. Zuckerberg himself has gone through a whole fashion evolution, wearing lines of premium T-shirts, hoodies, and gold chains. During the Wednesday keynote, he also wore a black T-shirt that read "Building is my love language." Wang's outfit connects with how he's branded Meta's AI assistant online: less polished corporate futurism, and far more chaotic online founder energy. Following the address, several people online immediately turned their attention to Wang's shirt. Was it quiet luxury? One X user suggested it was an $800 Hermès shirt. Men's fashion knowers: can you id this shirt? It's NOT from The Mountain (they have a similar yet slightly different green mule deer shirt). Says "Lake Tahoe" on sleeve; I assume it's like a $400 fancy shirt pic.twitter.com/26vehCcjpS — Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos) September 24, 2026 you can't make this shit up meta invested $60B into the metaverse. almost ran out of business. then zuck hired the camo crocs intern and suddenly everything's fixed pic.twitter.com/AiQR2xqOsY — berni (@itsnotbernhard) September 23, 2026 However, after his outfit was trending on X, he called the luxury-label assumption "slander" — and looked to set the record straight. The shirt, Wang said, comes from a thrift store in Santa Cruz and cost him $30, his Crocs only cost about $60, and his pair of Calvin Klein underwear was $5. excuse me I must correct the record on this slander https://t.co/RDVcNzZy6d pic.twitter.com/xNHfLwM5I7 — Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) September 24, 2026 Another person re-posted the allegations that this was a luxury fit, saying he was "bullish" on the AI officer because it "looks like he's been hitting the gym." Wang responded: "actually if you say i look fit i don't care how much you lie about how much my clothes cost." It was a very Wang response: aggressively online and down to clown. He has spent the past several weeks promoting the Muse agent with a barrage of memes on X, bragging through what he describes as a "tweet cannon." BI investigates…. We can't confirm any specifics about his workwear. Wang didn't respond to our texts asking for clarification on the fit. Here are our best guesses: it could be a vintage "back to earth" branded vintage 90s T-shirt. We found several examples of that brand on eBay and Poshmark that looked like Wang's top, priced from $14 to $45. There's a near-replica long sleeve version on Grailed for $40 A vintage shirt on Grailed similar to the one Alexandr Wang wore. Grailed And, for those looking to steal the look without finding a vintage equivalent, there are some lookalikes on the graphic T-shirt site The Mountain. For anyone thinking about dressing as Wang for Halloween, the costume may already be recognizable because we've seen it a few times before. He's worn a deer/camo shirt for his Core Memory interview and for big internal meetings, Business Insider previously reported. An important reminder to make the trick-or-treating fit extra convincing: you have 37 days to grow out that mullet. Read the original article on Business Insider

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