If You Tuck In Your Shirt And Do Not Wear A Belt

[A Nerd]

The thing I've found hardest to adjust to in WI is where people tuck in polo shirts. That's just ... doing it wrong. Men wandering around with tucked-in polos. I want to take them aside and explain the facts of life.

Are you a golfer perhaps? Tucked in polos and plaid pants?

If it's business related, it gets tucked in, but I'm going out to dinner with friends or to the bar, it stays out.

Me too. Though I seldom do anything business related, so I am untucked the majority of the time!

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I always wear a belt, even with short and a t-shirt. I tuck in when it's cold and untuck when warm - I know how to wear a suit properly.

[Togakure]

The thing I've found hardest to adjust to in WI is where people tuck in polo shirts. That's just ... doing it wrong. Men wandering around with tucked-in polos. I want to take them aside and explain the facts of life.

I saw this a lot in CA in the '80s--high-waist Jordache-type jeans, polo shirt, thinnish leather belt, and leather slip-on shoes that match, with "notice me" socks that stand out a bit maybe. Topped with a light Member's Only jacket, with the Chinese collar and goofy little straps and rivets here and there. Silly look if you ask me. Of course, I never dressed like that. Ever.

When I read SftS' OP, it was the shirt tucked in with no belt that caught my attention. I am in complete agreement--tuck it in, wear a belt (and while you're at it, match the belt to your shoes!). I tuck in t-shirts (and wear a belt) when I wear a light, casual button-up shirt over it, unbuttoned and untucked. Sometimes I feel like layers, or I want to be able to button up that shirt and tuck it in, stepping up the "formality" if a need arises. Or take it off, untuck the T-shirt, and lose the belt if it doesn't. Options are always nice.

[A Nerd]

This is what I wore to my prom, in the 80s.

[Thunder Mist]

The formal and casual thing is how I typically apporach this issue. If it's business related, it gets tucked in, but I'm going out to dinner with friends or to the bar, it stays out.

The thing I've found hardest to adjust to in WI is where people tuck in polo shirts. That's just ... doing it wrong. Men wandering around with tucked-in polos. I want to take them aside and explain the facts of life.

I agree with these boys completely. However, Lemur, I have been forced, by weather and by circumstances, to wear polo shirts to the office lately. In this particularly case, I feel obligated to tuck them in.

And yes, I wear a black leather belt with a shiny, silvery-looking buckle. It's all about self-respect, and if you cannot respect yourself, then how could you possibly respect those around you?

[Hosakawa Tito]

Where I work everybody tucks, sans belt.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

If you're buying a belt for €5,- , then you're doing it wrong.

A belt is a must, I wear it all the time.

All the time?

[Drunk Clown]

You'll never know when you need one.

[edyzmedieval]

IMHO, if you adhere to at least some fashion rules it shows you care. And if you know your fashion the ladies will notice.

[Hosakawa Tito]

IMHO, if you adhere to at least some fashion rules it shows you care. And if you know your fashion the ladies will notice.

I don't know edyz, some wimmen have less fashion sense or even care about it than some of the dorkiest of men. But hey, when trying to make a go at a chance for a relationship, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. Popular fashion sense isn't gender specific or universal.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Women are impressed by my lack of fashion sense because its such a manly attribute.

[Centurion1]

Are they impressed when you wear a suit with pants hanging off your butt?

[B-Wing]

I routinely forget to wear a belt to work. Today I wore a button down shirt tucked into jeans with no belt, and I thought about this thread after I realized it. Fortunately, nobody at my job tries to uphold any sort of fashion apart from the mandatory dress code of long pants and collared shirts. It's Alabama, for Christ's sake, and we work in a lab. It's hot as balls 9 months out of the year and we're supposed to wear long pants so we can stare into microscopes all day? Give me a break.

I'd like to know what's supposed to be so darn "professional" about shirts with collars and buttons anyway. What good is a collar in the summer? How about suits and ties? Does dressing in the most impractical manner possible indicate one possesses superior business skills? Sport team mascots must be the craftiest individuals in our society.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I tuck my shirt into my underwear, and tuck my pant legs into my socks, and tuck my tie into my front breast pocket, and tuck my ponytail into my back breast pocket.

I win.

[caleconblanc]

I always wear button down shirts with jeans and a casual sport coat. I always have my shirt tucked in my underpants and because of this I usually try to buy regular rise jeans. With some of the lower rise levis the white waistband of my pants will show unless I wear a belt. I think most people tend to adopt the dress style of their age group and I consider myself to be"older preppy"
I'm 29.

[A Nerd]

I always have my shirt tucked in my underpants

Ha ha! Sorry, that just sounds funny! :) I thought about starting a trend of wearing my underpants on the outside of my pants. Do you think that would catch on?

[caleconblanc]

Ha ha! Sorry, that just sounds funny! :) I thought about starting a trend of wearing my underpants on the outside of my pants. Do you think that would catch on?

Judging from some of the current fashions especially "hip-hop" and "hood" I think it might just catch on. Ha,Ha!

[caleconblanc]

I tuck my shirt into my underwear, and tuck my pant legs into my socks, and tuck my tie into my front breast pocket, and tuck my ponytail into my back breast pocket.

I win.

Why not tuck your tie into your underpants. Now that would be funny.!!

[Askthepizzaguy]

Why not tuck your tie into your underpants. Now that would be funny.!!

I think the "back breast pocket" joke went over everyone's head.

I'm unappreciated in my time.

[Centurion1]

I think the "back breast pocket" joke went over everyone's head.

I'm unappreciated in my time.

your a bit of a fatty with some great old back titties.

lol at least that what i thought you meant. If so you got a chuckle out of me.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'd also like to point out the logistical nightmare that is using the back breast pocket. It is possibly the least accessible pocket imaginable.

Okay, I actually have a worse one. A pocket on the *inside* of the back of your shirt. You can only reach it my dropping objects down your neck hole.

Which, if you're a fan of eating, you've had ample practice.

[Paltmull]

Okay, I actually have a worse one. A pocket on the *inside* of the back of your shirt. You can only reach it my dropping objects down your neck hole.

You're wearing it wrong.

[Moros]

socks with pockets would be cute.

[A Nerd]

I am wearing this to a formal function this weekend. Mostly to look sexy for the ladies.



I will wear this at the 'after party'.



Merely to celebrate the passing of the festive evening. You know...

[edyzmedieval]

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