Untucked shirt

[Detroitpete]

Ugh...I'm either old or old fashioned--or both. The only thing I don't tuck in is a sweater. I even tuck in my T shirts in my kilt when I throw cabers, stones, weights and hammers. Of course I shine my shoes too.

I've become my father.

[James Hood]

This past summer in metro Chicago, a new Stillwater Thrifty Kilt (read velcro fasteners, synthetic fabric, light weight, made in Pakistan, about $35) was worn quite a lot around the homestead.

Experimentatively, it received untucked polos and tees and even Hawaiian shirts. Yes, sloppy, yes, tres informal, yes, irreverent, quite likely crossing deep into the land of Tacky.

It was fun, comfortable and liberating. Wear it out in the world like that or at all? Likely not.

[Newfoundlander]

It seems I'm on the same page personally as many here... Especially with the sweater, I never tuck those in. It just doesn't feel good to me. However, when I do have an untucked sweater I don't wear a buckle belt either to avoid the bulge in the front.

If I'm working out on a rig around machinery, than no loose clothes is a no brainer (and also the rules). No kilts there, I value my life too much

[flyrod6057]

I usually tuck in whatever I'm wearing. However, as many have stated already: less formal might well go untucked. Sweaters and henleys never get tucked. Everything else usually does, unless I'm wallowing in ale in my back yard (unlikely until next summer!)

[CopperNGold]

Looks like the consensus is for tucked-in shirts. It looks more dignified, put-together. And why would anybody want to cover up the fell with a shirt? Show the fine work that has been put into a quality garment. I like the look of an untucked bulky sweater with a kilt for casual outdoor wear, but there is also the option of a tucked-in shirt with a cardigan.

Cheers, Jocelyn

[Tobus]

Wearing any kind of shirt untucked with a kilt looks wrong to me. It throws the visual proportions all off. I can make an exception for sweaters, but only if they're short at the waist with a well-fitting bottom (not a long saggy bottom that folds over itself and droops).

I always tuck my shirt into my trousers as well, even the square-tailed ones and t-shirts. It just doesn't feel right wearing an untucked shirt.

[Jack Daw]

During the summer, I usually wear cotton cargo shorts with a belt. This article of clothing is not as comfortable when I don't tuck my shirt in, even when I infequently wear a T-shirt. Tuck, tuck, tuck.

[thescot]

Yep, tuck 'em in and make your mama proud.

I like to dress appropriately, and I do not subscribe to the current trend that the sloppier the better. I do not think it makes me freer to look as if I just got out of bed in clothes I've worm for several days. I try to dress appropriately whether kilted, suited for court, or watching a ball game. A shirt with tie or even a tux is uncomfortable only if it doesn't fit properly.

But then I am old and old fashioned. I've seen the occassional fellow with the shirttail out look weating a kilt, and I always wanted to wash his face and tell him to tuck in his shirt.

[KWD]

my Opinion is if it is a button down, tuck it in...
T-Shirts are usually tucked in when wearing a Kilt, UN-tucked when wearing shorts or p@nts.
I personally think the rugby shirts look better UN-tucked, so does my wife happy wife happy life, I follow her style guidance most of the time.

[thescot]

. . .so does my wife happy wife happy life, I follow her style guidance most of the time. . . .

You are a wise man.

Just be careful about letting your wife dress you professionally; you are her sweetheart, and you may not benefit from looking like her sweetheart in the workplace. I'm jsut sayin'. ith: