Belt spoiling the look of untucked shirts

Kent Wang · Jun 27, 2011

Mostly, the only time I wear my shirts untucked is when wearing a polo, but this may apply to woven shirts as well, though I usually wear those tucked.

I find that the belt spoils the look of the shirt as the belt and buckle creates a bulge through the shirt. This happens even with fairly low profile buckles like D-ring belts.

I have now stopped wearing belts when wearing polo and shorts; and may do so with jeans as well. But not wearing a belt does let the pants sag a bit.

Does anyone else have this problem?

I think the solution would be to get tab adjusters, which would be impossible to find RTW. Maybe next year I'll have my shorts custom made this way.

Yes, I wear shorts when it's hot outside, which it often is where I live. You can complain about shorts in a separate thread. In any case, the problem happens with jeans and pants too.

apropos · Jun 27, 2011

The problem might be that you're wearing shirts that are too tight.

Quadcammer · Jun 27, 2011

you get a bulge with a d-ring belt?

do you buy your shirts at the baby gap?

landshark · Jun 27, 2011

A good solution might be tucking in. It sounds like your shirts are slim enough for it to look good.

thinman · Jun 27, 2011

Suspenders, worn under the shirt, would solve your problem.

gladhands · Jun 27, 2011

I have the same problem, although I think mine may be mote gut related. I'm by no means fat, but I could stand to be a little fitter, and the belt showing under an untucked polo teend to accentuate that area. Sans belt, I look a little fitter. Wearing higher rises also helps with that.

gort · Jun 27, 2011

I feel the same way. I hate wearing a belt if my shirt is untucked as I don't like the raise on the waistline.

porcelain monkey · Jun 27, 2011

Originally Posted by apropos

The problem might be that you're wearing shirts that are too tight.

...or pants that are too loose. If you have your pants tailored to fit well without a belt, and maintain you weight, you should be fine beltless.

patrickBOOTH · Jun 27, 2011

A decent tailor can remove belt loops and sew in side adjusters.

Cant kill da Rooster · Jun 27, 2011

Originally Posted by apropos

The problem might be that you're wearing shirts that are too tight.

+1. I have never had this problem.

12345Michael54321 · Jun 27, 2011

Another vote for the "wears shirt too tight" explanation. (But admittedly, I often find so-called "trim fit" clothing to be ridiculously too small. To each his own, eh?)

But why not post a photo of yourself, showing the bulge caused by your D-ring belt? Maybe the unsightly bulge exists mostly in your own mind, and to an impartial outside observer there's no problem. Maybe the problem's with your pants. Maybe it's a weird D-ring belt. Maybe whatever. It's gonna take pictures to figure this one out.
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Michael

WUKILLABEEZ78 · Jun 27, 2011

Originally Posted by porcelain monkey

...or pants that are too loose. If you have your pants tailored to fit well without a belt, and maintain you weight, you should be fine beltless.

I agree. I never wear a belt with jeans or other casual pants (khaki cargos, etc...) but the jeans are fitted and don't sag at all.

ysc · Jun 27, 2011

I am not jumping whole hog on the 'shirt too tight' bandwagen, but I am going to suggest if you have had them made/chosen them so they fit quite tightly around the waist, perhaps fitted when you didn't have trousers and a belt on, then I imagine that might be the root of the problem.

I am sure the slim cut shirts I have that I tuck in would not look right over a belt, the shirts I wear untucked are a bit looser at the waist.

GBR · Jun 27, 2011

Shirts far too tight I would suggest.

Beatlegeuse · Jun 27, 2011

I don't necessarily think the shirts are too tight...I think the problem is more with the D-ring belt. I have noticed this a few times if I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt with a D-ring belt. The rings on the belt don't quite sit flat enough, and sometimes I can see it poking through my t-shirt. Not egregiously, and it doesn't really bother me that much, but I have noticed it from time to time.

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