![]() ![]() If you accept that whatever is happening on the catwalks is bound to trickle down eventually, it seems inevitable that the rest of us will soon be grappling with half-tucks soon. Even after underwear was introduced, the symbolism of tucking and modesty stuck. ![]() When trousers came along, shirt-tails stood in for underwear and were tucked underneath for hygiene reasons, the longer the better. Shirt-tails were the only thing standing between your outer clothing and your honour, so they tended to be long. ![]() Up until the late 18th century, the methodology of tucking was practical. According to style consultant Katherine Ormerod: “Normcore hit and the effort of artfully tucking your shirt started to look a little contrived.” But recently, tucking has retaliated in ever more wild and complex ways. This was considered but louche, an easy way to refresh a shirt and earmark yourself as a leader of fashion.Īfter a two-year gestation period, in which the half-tuck reigned, the trend dipped a bit, during the normcore period. And they did even old streamlined Victoria Beckham. Style writer Kristin Anderson even wrote an explainer for Vogue last year: “Take shirt wrap generous section of fabric around thumb jam, with vigour, into waistband”, so everyone could join in. Vogue endorsed it and it enjoyed a niche but robust hold over womenswear, interpreted at Gucci Resort and Gap. Tucking as a styling trick first emerged in about 2013, when we met the half-tuck, a shirt-specific manoeuvre that involved tucking three-quarters of your shirt in, save for a flap hanging out the front. ![]()
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