I don't know about you, but I spend an impressive amount of time looking for ways to turn my life into a Nancy Meyers film. And after much thought, and a stirring revelation sparked by the most fabulous person to follow on Instagram, Architectural Digest Market Editor and all around aesthetic muse Madeline O'Malley, I've come to the conclusion that there's one quick, easy, surefire trick to really push the ball forward in this noble pursuit. Short of renovating your entire kitchen, of course. And that would be a pair of wide-legged, white linen pants. 

Diane Keaton on the beach with Jack Nicholson in Something's Gotta Give, Meryl Streep empty nesting in It's Complicated, Meredith Blake waking up on a blowup mattress in the middle of a lake in Parent Trap - all in white linen pants!

I rest my case.

Seriously though, is there anything more effortlessly chic? Paired with a black top à la Miss O'Malley, you've got yourself a serious Jackie Kennedy moment.

For those looking to get in on this remarkably comfortable luxury life hack, click through for an edit of white (and GASP, even some non-white!) linen looks that scream "Get me a house by the beach with an Ina Garten kitchen!"