RSS
Home
Half-tucked, wholly unattractive
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
There are so many things wrong with this picture, but it's his
variation on the half-tuck that puts the outfit up for severe
scrutiny.
The trendy and illustrious half-tuck has graced the waists of metropolitan men to make them think that they are chic and stylish. It’s fairly easy to accomplish this look:
Step 1: Find a belt with an obnoxious buckle like a silver lion’s head or something resembling the blingy kitsch of that “heart of the ocean” thing from Titanic.
Step 2: Put the belt on.
Step 3: Tuck your shirt in (button down, polo or T-shirt) and then untuck the back portion, which frames your fancy belt buckle and your crotch area.
The result? Something many people have cleverly referred to as the “shirt mullet.”
From Details magazine to random fashion blogs, this trend has been degraded and bashed time after time, so I thought this should be the last thing ever written about this ridiculous trend.
Who started this trend to begin with? Was it David Beckham? Ashton Kutcher? Justin Timberlake? George Clooney? Whoever it was, they need to be severely punished.
Having a half-tucked shirt is uncalled for. It’s like saying you’re “kind of pregnant.” Either you want to tuck it in or you don’t. Simple as that – and if you want to show off your gaudy belt buckle then just tuck your shirt in all the way or get your T-shirt altered to where the hem falls right above your belt buckle. Or, you can go for the most logical approach: avoid Pangaea-sized belt buckles altogether.
This epidemic has spread like wildfire and I thought it would end soon after college, but people still do it! Just the other day, I saw a guy with madras shorts, a pair of K-Swiss, and – brace yourself – a faded rock and roll screen-print polo half tucked into his preppy shorts with a Camelot cross belt buckle the size of a newborn’s head.
I admit, I tried this trend a total of three times and I was ashamed and felt like one of those guys who wears their sunglasses indoors. The trend just makes you look like you are trying way to hard. Please, let’s put a stop to this. Together, we can make this happen.
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
