Looking like a fool

[williamson]



Someone needs to untuck the stick from their ass

And everyone needs to learn that such crudities of expression are totally unnecessary. Civilised dialogue is not helped by them - they are nasty and unwelcome in both writing and speech, and SF would be a far pleasanter place if writers refrained from using them.

 

[albeindc]

if you want to look like an old guy or actually have a reason to tuck your shirt into your jeans or casual slacks, then do it. otherwise, i'm wearing my shirt untucked if it's a casual day out. i already spend the rest of the week wearing my shirts tucked in at work... i didn't even know that having an untucked shirt was a "trend", i thought it was just practicality and comfort

 

[msulinski]

Quote:
Exactly. Subject/object plurality agreement is paramount. The original poster should have written, "Someone needs to untuck the stick from his ass."

 

[Gus]

As a little boy, I can remember our mom's always saying , "Tuck in you shirt". Maybe that is why we like to wear them out.

I like the look of an un-ironed BDOC, untucked with a pair of jeans (or khakis) and white Purcell sneakers.

 

[Gauss17]



And I think it always looks stupid regardless of formality.

That is fine, just be aware not everyone agrees with you.

It's simply how shirts and pants best fit together.

Again, your opinion.

Your parents made you tuck in for more formal occasions because that was the only time she cared enough. The goal was probably to get you to tuck in all the time, but considering that you're still rebelling against your parents now, you were probably a problem child, requiring her to pick her battles.

Haha, thank you for this, it made me smile. It would also appear I am not the only rebel/problem child:

As a little boy, I can remember our mom's always saying , "Tuck in you shirt". Maybe that is why we like to wear them out.
I like the look of an un-ironed BDOC, untucked with a pair of jeans (or khakis) and white Purcell sneakers.

 

[Snedley]

Who else thinks the following "styles" look absolutely foolish.
Always wearing a dress shirt untucked with trousers or jeans.
Wearing a sweater over an untucked dress shirt.
Wearing a suit or sport coat over an untucked dress shirt.
Why do we always have to go to the lowest common denominator?
Can any one honestly say that any of the above "styles"' look appropriate on any one older than a 3 year old child who does not know any better.

I'd add wearing tight shirts to that list. They make you look like a busboy or some sort of servant.

 

[clapeyron]

people whose shirt cuffs have creases.

people with white rimmed sunglasses.

 

[LeviMay]

Griped about it before, but the "high school grad" look: Black suit, black shirt, white (or birghtly-coloured) tie. Ugh.

 

[Britalian]

95.2% of the male population don't know how to dress. Obviously I include myself.

 

[Peter1]

Well, of course you can tuck a "dress shirt" into jeans -- but the jeans should be top quality, be unadorned (or Levi's) and fit you well. (cf. APC New Standard or Petit Standard) And the shirt should ideally be slim but not darted (Gitman Vintage, Band of Outsiders, BB Slim or Extra Slim Fit), and it can't be pressed (light ironing is fine.). Preferably a button down collar

I often wear a Gitman Vintage or BB slim fit oxford with raw denim.

Another way to wear it -- find a beat-up old BB oxford, wear with faded 501s and a bridle leather belt with aged brass buckle. Insert feet into dirty bucks = be a chick magnet.

The key here is that you need to be in shape. That automatically excludes about 80 percent of male population.

 

[Blasphima]



Griped about it before, but the "high school grad" look: Black suit, black shirt, white (or birghtly-coloured) tie.

This. This. This so hard.

I see it all the time - dudes walking around in ill-fitting funeral suits (with the bottom button done, of course) and atrocious shirt/tie combos (i.e. a very loosely knotted light pink polyester tie and a black shirt with a button-down collar), all while thinking that they look 'classy' or 'formal'.

To add to the list:
* Baseball caps with suits (yes, I've seen it IRL).
* Matching shirt, tie, and pocket square (bonus points if a pre-tied bowtie is involved).

 

[Bounder]



Polo shirts without the matching helmet

I get it. And yes. I completely agree.

To tuck or not to tuck, that is the question.
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outraged igents
Or to flap our shirt tails in the cooling breeze

For me, it's a matter of function. If the shirt is designed to be tucked in, i.e., has tails, then wear it tucked in. If it doesn't have tails, then you can tuck it in or not. Though there are certainly a few situations when tucking it can make you look like a doofus.

But if a shirt has tails, and most especially long tails, then it looks pretty stupid not to tuck it in. If you don't want to tuck in your shirt, fine, just get a shirt that's not supposed to be tucked in.

To me it's a little like (thought not quite as bad) as people who wear french cuffs without cufflinks.

 

[Sanguis Mortuum]



people who wear french cuffs without cufflinks.

Wait, what?!

 

[imatlas]

As a little boy, I can remember our mom's always saying , "Tuck in you shirt". Maybe that is why we like to wear them out.

I like the look of an un-ironed BDOC, untucked with a pair of jeans (or khakis) and white Purcell sneakers.

I like this look so much that on my ride home yesterday I was considering getting my first pair of white sneakers since I was a teenager.

Well, of course you can tuck a "dress shirt" into jeans -- but the jeans should be top quality, be unadorned (or Levi's) and fit you well. (cf. APC New Standard or Petit Standard) And the shirt should ideally be slim but not darted (Gitman Vintage, Band of Outsiders, BB Slim or Extra Slim Fit), and it can't be pressed (light ironing is fine.). Preferably a button down collar

That's pretty much what I'm wearing right now: a Tom Ford buttondown tucked into my LVC raw denim, a suede 'gator belt, and dark brown suede LWBs. I think it's a solid business casual look.

people who wear french cuffs without cufflinks.

Wait, what?!

That's what paperclips are for.

 

[Tropicalist]

Black suit
Add to that lavender, petrol blue, parrot green, purple, aubergine, pink etc
Any black and blue combo
Button down polo collar shirts with a suit
Patterns of similar scale
Dark Shirt light tie
Man made fabrics
Stripes with stripes with stripes
Checks with checks with checks
Solids with solids with solids
Backpack on an adult
Black shoes with a light coloured suit
Actually all black shoes
digital watch
Logos
Hello kitty socks
Dyed hair
Bushy brows

The list can go on