![]() ![]() Since then it’s been a tucking minefield. ![]() Then came the pandemic, and the rise of comfort dressing. Not to mention the fashionable middle ground of the half-tuck, or the French tuck. But tucking was also professional, which led to the creation of meant-to-be-untucked shirts, the kinds with straight, tailored hems that claimed to give everyone the best of both worlds. Untucking said “off-duty,” or “too distracted by big thoughts to worry about the little stuff.” It also said, to some, “sloppy.” Untucking then became the obvious corollary, an act of rebellion and a refusal to conform - which is a different kind of conformity, but let’s leave that one for the moment. How many of us grew up endlessly being told by our parents to “tuck in your shirt”? Once upon a time, there was but one question: To tuck or not to tuck? Tucking in one’s shirt (for any gender and at any age) was viewed as a marker of good manners, a sign of institutional and self-respect and the default dress code whether in Congress or middle school. Nowadays, you need to think before you tuck. It’s a signifier that contains multitudes. So many ways to tuck, so hard to figure out which one is right! After all, tucking your shirt neatly into your waistband (or not) isn’t simply just about creating a silhouette. How do you know what side to tuck in, and what do you do about the back? More broadly, whatever happened to the French tuck, front tuck or full tuck? Does one tuck scream “Midtown office” and another “carefree at the playground”? When do you embrace each style? - Danielle, the Bronx Lately I’ve seen an explosion of half-tucked button-up shirts. ![]()
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