https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 25 May 2026 14:54:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728505 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:07:54 +0000 anne 728505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks again for more encouragement!</p> <p>Krishnidoux - I was tucking averse because I felt that any tucking lower than my natural waist would shorten my legs and make my torso look longer (and I don't now own any highwaisted trousers, so was only tucking skirts)</p> <p>That is my recent issue anyway. for a long time before that I was just reacting to the fact that in my mid teens my favourite jeans outfit was high waisted jeans belted at the natural waist with a blue paisley baggy skirt tucked in and a matching plain blue long sleeve tee worn under and showing at the wrist and neck! Looking back I thought the silhouette made me look like an insect! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728471 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:36:40 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 728471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tuck off, hee! You look great. I also have a long torso (much more tummy sadly) and when I tuck it definitely emphasizes that, which I've had to adjust my eye to. I think it works best with full-length pants or anything where there's not a visual break midway down the leg (long skirt, shorter skirt with tonal tights or boots, etc). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728466 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:31:19 +0000 Caro in Oz 728466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another yeah here. Funny comments; tucking indeed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728183 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:19:14 +0000 krishnidoux 728183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why were you tucking averse? It looks great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728122 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:44:07 +0000 Suz 728122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne, not only can you "get away" with tucking, but you SHOULD tuck. </p> <p>Seriously. This is where having a long torso and smaller bust can actually be an advantage. You look "willowy" and graceful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728115 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:30:22 +0000 Irene 728115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, tried that too! It works better, but still not my best combo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728098 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:33:50 +0000 Janet 728098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, a million times yes! Looks great!</p> <p>Irene, I have that combination too, but I find tucking most successful on me when I wear lower-waisted pants/jeans/skirts. High-waisted tucking is not my friend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728056 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:29:09 +0000 Irene 728056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's because you have a longer torso and a smaller bust that you can carry off tucking. Try doing that with my set of long legs, short torso and big boobs... total failure lol</p> <p>You look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-728040 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:12:20 +0000 anne 728040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for the vote of confidence and giving me a laugh!! Dana and Angie I don't know what your minds are up to - I am a non swearer too!!!</p> <p>Hope to get back to you with a wider belt and a more fitted jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726584 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:36:14 +0000 catgirl 726584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course you can! If I had a rear view like your I'd be tucking my pajamas! You look great, Anne - seriously. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726582 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:34:14 +0000 merwoman 726582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ok to the tune of the Pointer Sisters: "yes you can, can oh yes you can can!<br /> Not only can you - but let's show off that waistline!<br /> An idea to try - the blouse you are wearing has a lot of nice drape to it - maybe try lossening the tuck , and draping a little more? It creates a softer line - which I think can be more flattering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726557 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:07:34 +0000 JR 726557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, now I can really see that the matronly figure you were bemoaning recently was just a function of posture and the skirt. My goodness, this makes you look fantastic! No matron here at all! Yes, feel absolutely free to tuck.</p> <p>Anne, you are way too hard on yourself. You are a very, very pretty woman with a great figure. Look at yourself with a much less critical eye; you will be closer to reality that way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726520 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:44:45 +0000 unfrumped 726520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes do! </p> <p>You can definitely pull this off and I think it sure qualifies as a style goal that is worth tweaking--meaning, worth investing in creating some outfits/capsules in this direction. Wider belt for sure both because it does better with the loops of the jeans but also because it deserves more emphasis. Wear the outfit when belt-shopping so you can try on and check for contour, softness of the leather, buckle size, how much it sticks out and so forth--the perfect belt can really help you feel more confident untucked as it supports (!) the look you're going for. Some kind of fitted (tailored fit!) jacket /blazer with some structure would go fabuloso. I don't think you have to just think "cropped"- I would be thinking structure as the defining term, and there might be lengths that you find more or less flattering. For more casual looks, you might find the right utility jacket--but slightly fitted, not deer-hunter. I don't think the monochrome look is a problem because you can lighten up with accessories.</p> <p>Go for it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726495 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:17:06 +0000 Anonymous 726495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, you funny girls! I think the word *off* was too close to the word *tuck* that's all. :)</p> <p>Anne, you are in such great shape and I think you absolutely should tuck your shirts in. While your eye is criticizing your vertical proportions, someone else will be admiring your flat stomach which you have hidden lo these many years. I think a shorter cropped jacket will help the proportions further. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726475 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:01:57 +0000 Angie 726475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also have to share that I've only had one cup of tea, and when I saw the title of your thread - I nearly collapsed. I mistook "tucking" for the other word. For someone who does not swear, it was a HUGE shock to my system! Thank goodness I reread your thread a few times and opened up my sleepy eyes wider :)</p> <p>(HAH!!!! I just read that Dana did the same thing. What would Freud have to say about this?). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726468 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:56:26 +0000 ironkurtin 726468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, I have to admit, I read the word "tucking" wrong. Ha.</p> <p>Tuck away! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726465 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:53:06 +0000 Angie 726465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YES!! Fab!! You need a slightly wider belt - I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726463 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:53:00 +0000 eperdu 726463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for team tuck! You look great. I'm starting out slow on team tuck myself and it's an adjustment. I'm so used to letting my shirts hang out and lately I'm finding that it's extremely flattering to tuck them in with certain outfits, particularly when you want to showcase an outer layer (I've been wearing peplum jackets for example). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726417 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:16:46 +0000 Carole 726417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ABSOLUTELY! You look fab all tucked in! Great score thrifting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726412 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:12:38 +0000 qpswan 726412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>With that flat belly? YES! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726396 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:50:45 +0000 Transcona Shannon 726396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course you can tuck - this looks fantastic Anne! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726392 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:47:54 +0000 anne 726392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shevia - yes I think the cardi might be falling off. I didn't really know what to wear on top as I would have like something white - the outfit felt a bit dark to me - and that grey cardi was the best I could do. Then the rain started bucketing down and I just went with the puffer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726366 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:24:15 +0000 sarah 726366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely! Tuck away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726360 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:19:07 +0000 Jaime 726360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! Why not, you have a great figure. Actually the picture I like less is the one in the cardigan because it seems to be not sitting right on your shoulders and it is obscuring your tuck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726355 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:15:20 +0000 rute 726355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WHY not? you look amazing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726335 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:38:44 +0000 Oarangere 726335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That totally works with the nice long line of navy, you look lovely! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726332 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:23:19 +0000 nancylee 726332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, you can! Absolutely! You do have a long torso, but I think it looks just fine..even fabulous. Long and lean. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726328 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:17:31 +0000 Deborah 726328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! You can tuck. I think this looks amazing. Lovely long slender silhouette. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-i-carry-off-tucking#post-726316 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:56:29 +0000 anne 726316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been tucking averse for pants and jeans for ages, so this is quite a leap for me.</p> <p>I ended up wearing my puffer over the whole thing so no one saw me anyway, but I was quite nervous about heading out of the house in this!</p> <p>Comments, criticism and suggestions welcome.</p> <p>I have one big comment myself, which is that I am worried that this emphasis how long in the rise I am. These are quite high rise pants, but they just cover my hip bones</p> <p>PS sorry about the picture quality - I took quite a few shots on the new camera and these were the best of a bad and blurry lot. I had to really rush to get in the picture - thus the facial expressions!</p> <p>ETA - I thrifted the belt yesterday! $1.50 for a fake patent one. DD4 and I went to 5 op shops looking for a belt and a no front seam denim skirt (unsucessful at that one). DD ended up with a swimming skirt, a pink cardi and a some red sequined shoes! Decent kid's clothes get snapped up fast in our town so that was a good haul. </p>