tokyodandy
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Is wearing a shirt untucked more of a US thing or an "under 30" thing or what? I'm confused!
My office is formal except on Fridays so on that day I wear jeans and a casual shirt, either tucked or untucked. Last week I wore a short-ish shirt, untucked with jeans and boots. Yesterday I wore a short-ish white shirt (casual, some fancy lining on the collar and cuffs) I had made for me, but decided to wear it tucked in with the jeans and a black Boss jacket with patch pockets for when I step out of the office. Looked fine, got compliments from the ladies and so on.
Anyway, one guy (ironically somebody who never dresses smartly or with any style at all) said to me in a condescending tone "I can never get used to this 'shirt tucked in' look" as if I were doing something wildly unconventional.
Reading SF it seems that many people feel the same - 'if it's not a dress shirt it shouldn't be tucked' is close to consensus. This is something that completely passed me by as I wear casual shirts tucked in most of the time. Is this look a complete aberration in the US? (I'm a Brit working in Japan.) Or is it because I'm in my late 30s i.e. this look is something that spread after I left school and college?
I will continue to wear whatever I feel comfortable with but I'm curious as to what others think!
TD
My office is formal except on Fridays so on that day I wear jeans and a casual shirt, either tucked or untucked. Last week I wore a short-ish shirt, untucked with jeans and boots. Yesterday I wore a short-ish white shirt (casual, some fancy lining on the collar and cuffs) I had made for me, but decided to wear it tucked in with the jeans and a black Boss jacket with patch pockets for when I step out of the office. Looked fine, got compliments from the ladies and so on.
Anyway, one guy (ironically somebody who never dresses smartly or with any style at all) said to me in a condescending tone "I can never get used to this 'shirt tucked in' look" as if I were doing something wildly unconventional.
Reading SF it seems that many people feel the same - 'if it's not a dress shirt it shouldn't be tucked' is close to consensus. This is something that completely passed me by as I wear casual shirts tucked in most of the time. Is this look a complete aberration in the US? (I'm a Brit working in Japan.) Or is it because I'm in my late 30s i.e. this look is something that spread after I left school and college?
I will continue to wear whatever I feel comfortable with but I'm curious as to what others think!
TD