i guess this is where the polo shirt comes in to fill the gap
― rrrobyn, Monday, 4 August 2008 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Naw, there are still loads of button shirts built to be worn untucked. (The whole Caribbean is based on it!) If you're shorter than 5'10" it's a little bit harder to find ones that aren't too long, but ... plenty of nice patterned and thicker and cut-straight-at-the-bottom casual shirts that are made to be worn that way.
I don't even mind as much when guys are wearing too-big work shirts the way you're describing -- you know, that sloppy/fratty habit of wearing an big untucked shirt that's a thicker cotton, flannel, patterned, work shirt. I mean, that's just kinda unstylish and normal. But a thin, solid-color, long-cut, sold-pinned-to-a-board-in-a-package dress shirt, that's just insane.
― nabisco, Monday, 4 August 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
tucking tshirts in sucks
― Surmounter, Monday, 4 August 2008 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
^^ you'd only ever think it actually looked good if you were really well-muscled, and then everyone would just think you were trying to show off your muscles -- it's no-win, yes
― nabisco, Monday, 4 August 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
oh right you mean like chelsea boy thing with white pants or something.
― Surmounter, Monday, 4 August 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i know abt shirts that are meant to be untucked, was just talking abt these guys, and how many of them don't know about the different btwn shirts that are meant to be untucked and those that aren't. i appreciate a good not-meant-to-be-tucked cuban shirt or cowboy shirt or etc etc for sure - and it's awful when guys tuck these in!
― rrrobyn, Monday, 4 August 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
but not like end of the world awful
i accidentally went to a suburban grocery store yesterday
― rrrobyn, Monday, 4 August 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I just bought a bunch of St3ven Al4n shirts and they're perfect for tucking in. I'm trying to go for a more adult (but not toolish) look these days. :<
― burt_stanton, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
why do i love his shirts
― Surmounter, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
LOVE
They're smartly cut collared shirts that aren't sloppy loose or Euro-trashy tight. It's everything I've been looking for.
― burt_stanton, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
exactly. the cuts are super. and the prints. i have this awesome 80s purple thing, it's rawr.
― Surmounter, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha ladies and gentlemen, burt_stanton slides gracefully from bitching about Park Slope yuppies and Ivy Leaguers to raving about $150 shirts
― nabisco, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
one of us, one of us, one of us
one of somebody, anyway
― nabisco, Monday, 4 August 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
how about tucking in polo shirts?
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 07:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/mzing12/tuck.jpg
There's the end result. The jeans are tapered, so I'm going for that 1991 Slacker look.
― burt_stanton, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
if you have a spare tire this is usually a bad idea, unless you want to wear your pants around your belly button, which sometimes doesnt look that bad
― max, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Nah, I have a skinny, compact frame but I guess it looks like I'm fat thanks to the lighting there.
― burt_stanton, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i meant me
― max, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
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― burt_stanton, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
it's pretty challenging to successfully tuck your shirt into pants that have a low rise -- long shirts bunch uncomfortably and short shirts come untucked as soon as you move. pretty sure you should be wearing your pants high up on your hips or at your natural waist for a secure tuck
― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
That's kinda why I said it works better with casual shirts -- low rises tend to mean either a halfway "Alabama tuck" or a kind of rodeo-dude / Matt McConnaughey type of thing (note: I know actual rodeo guys tuck in medium-high and all but you probably know what I mean here)
― nabisco, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link