HTML

<div class="grid">
    <div class="item">
        <div class="image-container">
            <img src="hats.jpg">
        </div>
        <div class="text-container">Hats</div>
    </div>
    <div class="item empty">
        <div class="image-container">
            <img src="">
        </div>
        <div class="text-container">Watches</div>
    </div>
    <div class="item empty">
        <div class="image-container">
            <img src="">
        </div>
        <div class="text-container"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="item empty">
        <div class="image-container">
            <img src="">
        </div>
        <div class="text-container"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="item empty">
        <div class="image-container">
            <img src="">
        </div>
        <div class="text-container"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="item empty">
        <div class="image-container">
            <img src="">
        </div>
        <div class="text-container"></div>
    </div>
</div>

CSS


        :root {
    --placeholder-primary: #eeeeee;
    --placeholder-secondary: #cccccc;
}
.grid {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: 1em;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 650px;
    margin: 1em 0;
}
.item {
    display: grid;
    gap: .5em;
    width: 200px;
}
.text-container {
    font-size: 1em;
    height: 1.5em;
    text-align: center;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.image-container {
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;;
    animation: placeholder ease-in-out 2s infinite;
}
.image-container img {
    width: 100%;
}
@keyframes placeholder {
    0% {
        background-color: var(--placeholder-primary);
    }
    50% {
        background-color: var(--placeholder-secondary);
    }
    100% {
        background-color: var(--placeholder-primary);
    }
}
@keyframes fadeIn {
    0% {
        opacity: 0%;
    }
    100% {
        opacity: 100%;
    }
}
.item.loaded .image-container {
    animation: none;
}
.item.loaded .image-container img{
    animation: fadeIn linear .5s;
}
        

JS


        const data = [
    {
        description: "Watches",
        src: "watches.jpg"
    },
    {
        description: "Shirt",
        src: "shirt.jpg"
    },
    {
        description: "Shorts",
        src: "shorts.jpg"
    },
    {
        description: "Sunglasses",
        src: "sunglasses.jpg"
    },
    {
        description: "Shoes",
        src: "shoes.jpg"
    }
];
document.querySelectorAll(".item.empty").forEach((el, index) => {
    if (data[index]) {
        el.classList = "item loaded";
        el.querySelector("img").src = data[index].src;
        el.querySelector(".text-container").innerHTML = data[index].description;
    }
});