T-shirt tucking

[DGuller]

When I came to US, one of the first words of wisdom imparted on me was:  wear your t-shirt tucked out.  I did, for a very short time.  However, it just felt wrong and stupid, and I felt like it made me look like a gangster wannabe.  Eventually I just said fuck it and tucked it in, because that felt natural and comfortable to me.

Now, 18 years later, something struck me that never struck me before.  Every single person I've seen on the street wears it tucked out.  Male, female, white, black, Hispanic, or Asian, regardless of age, all of them wear their t-shirts tucked out.  I very rarely got any kind of a ribbing for my tucked-in style, and not being the type to notice things, it never struck me how unusual my tucking style was.

This got me thinking:  why do people wear t-shirts like this?  It seems stupid to me.  You risk revealing your butt cleavage, catching the end of your t-shirt on something, looking overly sloppy, and for what?  Is there a functional advantage to not tucking your t-shirt in, or is it just considered to be such a severe fashion faux pas that no one even considers an alternative?

[Razgovory]

Makes you look less fat.  T-Shirts aren't formal wear, they are casual wear.  So you really shouldn't have to put much effort into wearing them.

[MadImmortalMan]

Who knows. It's a more casual style, lets in more air flow, whatever. I assume you mean regular t-shirts and not undershirts.

[Admiral Yi]

Let's beat up the foreign kid.

[11B4V]

When I came to US, one of the first words of wisdom imparted on me was:  wear your t-shirt tucked out.  I did, for a very short time.  However, it just felt wrong and stupid, and I felt like it made me look like a gangster wannabe.  Eventually I just said fuck it and tucked it in, because that felt natural and comfortable to me.

Now, 18 years later, something struck me that never struck me before.  Every single person I've seen on the street wears it tucked out.  Male, female, white, black, Hispanic, or Asian, regardless of age, all of them wear their t-shirts tucked out.  I very rarely got any kind of a ribbing for my tucked-in style, and not being the type to notice things, it never struck me how unusual my tucking style was.

This got me thinking:  why do people wear t-shirts like this?  It seems stupid to me.  You risk revealing your butt cleavage, catching the end of your t-shirt on something, looking overly sloppy, and for what?  Is there a functional advantage to not tucking your t-shirt in, or is it just considered to be such a severe fashion faux pas that no one even considers an alternative?

Tucked out..WTF is that. You mean untucked I gather.

Untucked it's easy to carry a concealed weapon.

untucked/ʌnˈtʌkt/
▶adjective with the edges or ends hanging loose; not tucked in.
'untucked' also found in these Oxford entries

[11B4V]

Let's beat up the foreign kid.

No shit

[Admiral Yi]

As a more serious answer, I think it has to do with the design of the Tshirt.  Dress shirts have tails or whatever you call them to keep them from untucking.  Tshirts don't.  So the only way to prevent tshirts from untucking is to yank your pants up real high.  That's unequivocally dorky.

[DGuller]

As a more serious answer, I think it has to do with the design of the Tshirt.  Dress shirts have tails or whatever you call them to keep them from untucking.  Tshirts don't.  So the only way to prevent tshirts from untucking is to yank your pants up real high.  That's unequivocally dorky.

I've never had that problem with t-shirts, in fact it's my dress shirts that untuck occasionally.  T-shirts are generally long enough to go into jeans with some depth, so while some of it may untuck when you bend over and such, not enough will come out to get it untucked.  My pants always settle at the top of the hip bone level (when felt from the front), so I don't think they're yanked up that high either.

[Admiral Yi]

Top of the hip bone sounds pretty high to me.  Mom jean territory.  Post a picture of your crotch so we can be sure.

[Zanza]

Top of the hip bone sounds pretty high to me.  Mom jean territory.  Post a picture of your crotch so we can be sure.

[Admiral Yi]

 

[CountDeMoney]

Tucked out..WTF is that. You mean untucked I gather.

No kidding.  Eengrish-speeking furriner.

[CountDeMoney]

why do people wear t-shirts like this?  It seems stupid to me.  You risk revealing your butt cleavage, catching the end of your t-shirt on something, looking overly sloppy, and for what?  Is there a functional advantage to not tucking your t-shirt in, or is it just considered to be such a severe fashion faux pas that no one even considers an alternative?

BECAUSE SOMETIMES ITS JUST TOO FUCKING HOT OKAY?

[Ed Anger]

I only wear scarlet sweater vests.

[katmai]

But do you tuck or not?