https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:53:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1482156 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:19:50 +0000 E 1482156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I almost always tuck into skirts, because it creates a better proportion on my long torso and long rise and lets me show off my smaller waist even if the top doesn't have any built in waist definition. However, for a skirt tuck to work on me, the skirt has to hit at my natural waist and fit snugly there to keep the top in (although sometimes I just paper bag an overly large skirt with a belt!). The only time I don't tuck into a skirt is if I'm wearing a short, waist defining top. </p> <p>With trousers, I used to never tuck, because nothing ever hit my natural waist, and tucking lower down just obscures my curves. Now with forum encourage I'll tuck occasionally into (on me) my mid rise skinnies, especially if I'm wearing a jacket over top. But the vast majority of the time I don't tuck into my skinnies. This winter, I frequently wore a couple pairs of vintage wool trousers, that hit my natural waist and were cut in a more generous manner, and I discovered how comfortable and easy it was to tuck tops in those! So now I'm hoping to find a couple pairs of wider leg, very high rise (it takes 12-14" to hit the smallest point of my waist) trousers for warmer weather to replicate the look. I've already found one pair and wore it yesterday actually! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1482021 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 04:27:53 +0000 Jeweled 1482021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm on the team of short-waisted gals who never tuck.&nbsp; It's a very unflattering look on me, and partial tuck isn't any better than full tuck on me.</p> <p>But I do look better if my waist is gently defined, so I wear shaped, skimming tops and toppers that work better for me than tucking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481543 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:51:36 +0000 Anonymous 1481543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's been years since I have tucked in a top. I'm short waisted and have a long rise, so I simply look better if I don't tuck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481527 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:29:46 +0000 Suz 1481527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team tucked and semi-tucked. I find it harder NOT to tuck with pants, to be honest. The only time I feel really comfortable leaving tops untucked &nbsp;is if the pants are high waisted without all the loops, bumps, and zips of jeans. Such pants are not always easy to find.&nbsp;</p> <p>I also tuck with skirts.&nbsp;</p> <p>That's not to say I never go untucked. I do, with loose styles of top like trapeze style, and depending on proportions. I like leaving things untucked more in summer -- it keeps things cool.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481525 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:27:43 +0000 catgirl 1481525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty much never.&nbsp; I only half-tuck or whatever it takes to achieve asymmetry, but the full-on neat tuck is long in my past, and I'm so thankful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481508 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:54:19 +0000 sandra 1481508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tucked or untucked, but never semi.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481425 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:49:37 +0000 Ledonna N. 1481425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a tucker it looks so neat and squared away </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481412 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:20:27 +0000 jessicaemily 1481412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tucking depend mainly on the dress you wear. The Half tucks are new trends which can really add a unique sense of style. I love wearing half tuck with sweaters, loose t-shirts, and skirts too for a new look. I am changing my style to new one for more attractive, that is the reason why I am tucking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481409 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:10:37 +0000 Summer 1481409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never tuck my tops due to a short and undefined waist. &nbsp;I know rules were made to be broken, but this one is a keeper for me. &nbsp;Now if I had a teeny weeny waist I'd be tucking everything in sight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481403 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:50:47 +0000 Chiara 1481403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends on the trousers/skirt and the top, but I often tuck (I do a faux semi-tuck sometimes- pull the back out more than the front- but a true semi-tuck generally doesn't work as well as a full tucking!). I'm another with a long torso, whose legs can appear shortened if my waist focal point drops too low. <br />But if the top ends at my high hip, no waist lowering happens, then I don't tuck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481392 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:33:06 +0000 T 1481392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm on team tuck - half, full, semi, whatever tuck there is, I'm doing it. Unless it is a crop top, it will be tucked. Tees get a front semi tuck to show-off the belt. Like Deborah and Keturah, since I lost weight, I tuck all the time. I'm an long torso, hourglass tending towards pear and tucking in emphasises the waist. I tend to feel overwhelmed &amp; frumpy if I don't tuck in. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481374 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:04:21 +0000 Gigi 1481374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to always tuck (eons ago!), but I felt like it looked really disproportionate on me because I am short-waisted. Those were the days of high-rise pants. Now, since there are lots of varieties of rise available, I am tucking more, since I have mostly low-rise and midrise bottoms. I am changing my style to be more polished, and I think that is part of the reason why I am tucking too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481285 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 02:12:39 +0000 Anonymous 1481285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tuck tops with fuller skirts sometimes, but never ever with pants. The idea just feels viscerally uncomfortable to me. Also, it's pretty much guaranteed to look frumpy and lumpy on me, since I have a short torso and a large chest, plus more than enough stomach/hip bulk on my own even when I <i>don't</i> have a bunch of extra fabric squished into my pants.</p> <p>I do see a fair amount of tucking around here. Some people who probably never stopped and don't really care whether it's in style or not, plus some semi-tucks and some polished, put-together full tucks. The latter always seems to go with button-downs in really nice, luxe materials, worn by people who never spill their lunch down them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops/page/2#post-1481278 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:54:01 +0000 Keturah 1481278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It entirely depends on the outfit, the day, the shirt. But my short answer is: yes, I tuck! Sometimes it's only a partial tuck, or a knotting my tshirt off to the side. But I do tuck, and certainly a lot more than I used to. </p> <p></p> <p>ETA: Like Deborah, I've lost weight and&nbsp;have an average to slightly long torso too.&nbsp;Maybe that's part of it?? I just feel comfortable tucking in my shirt. I mostly tuck with skirts, but I'll definitely do a full or partial front tuck with pants.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481276 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:50:47 +0000 Deborah 1481276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do a bit of everything:) Since having lost some weight I have noticed that I am happier to tuck?? &nbsp;I will often semi tuck &nbsp;or even full tuck into my pants or skirts particularly when wearing a jacket/blazer for office wear. &nbsp;Less likely for casual. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481266 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:29:25 +0000 Aquamarine 1481266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too short-waisted to tuck. If I am wearing a jacket or cardigan, I may semi tuck in front with a belt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481244 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:38:40 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1481244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It really depends on what I'm wearing. I want to get the proportions between upper and lower body to look right. I also want to avoid the dreaded muffin top. I probably only do full tuck about 20 percent of the time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481176 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:58:07 +0000 Carole 1481176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will semi tuck, but prefer no tucking for skirts especially ...I will wear a longer hemmed shirt or top and wear a low slung belt . I am extremely high waisted and long legged (34 in inseam) and this works best for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481158 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:35:52 +0000 Nebraskim 1481158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>100 percent a tucker. I have tried so much to embrace faux and semi tuck. But alas, no. I have resorted to weaing camis or t-shirts tucked in, under shirts where the hem is exposed. I like the feel better with fabric protecting my skin against the waistband. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481148 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:23:34 +0000 texstyle 1481148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I almost always semi-tuck these days unless the top is designed in a way that doesn't seem right to tuck like the one here in my Finds. I used to not tuck for many years, then I discovered the correct pant rise for my body is a lower rise, and tucking/semi-tucking and wearing belts became a daily thing. I do sometimes wear button downs with the bottom two buttons undone and no tucking for a very casual warm weather look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481138 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:08:37 +0000 Sal 1481138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Less often, but I do with one or two combinations. I generally choose tops that are meant to be worn out, with shaped hems. I have a high waist pencil skirt that I tuck the odd thing into. As a short waisted person I look better usually with tops untucked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481129 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:37:46 +0000 Thistle 1481129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope, my torso is very long, and tucking them in just looks odd. Plus, I find it more comfy to leave them untucked, so comfort wins </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481116 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:14:17 +0000 old chic 1481116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Always used to tuck because I had a really trim waist and liked to show it off. But now the inevitable body-fat shift is in full force, and I feel the need to camouflage that spare tire around my torso. Trying to figure out if the semi-tuck can work for me. For the moment, I am experimenting with <b></b><b>wide</b><b> </b>belts that cover the area and give the illusion of a trim waist -- although that waist is inches larger than it used to be, so can't use the old belt collection. Even thinking of trying this trick over untucked linen shirts. Or maybe I should try the semi-tuck with them? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481080 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:24:11 +0000 Marina 1481080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't tuck tops when I'm wearing bottoms with low or regular rise, but I tuck them in when I use skirts and pants with high rise :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481077 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:20:48 +0000 Ginkgo 1481077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same as Nanabella. If I don't tuck I feel my shape is defined by my hips,when I'd much rather highlight my waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481070 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:06:35 +0000 Nannabella 1481070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shorter legs, longer torso, and small waist here, so I prefer to tuck. It balances the proportions, and I would rather emphasize my waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481067 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:05:55 +0000 Janet 1481067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes yes. If the pants are a bit on the low-rise side, and the overall effect helps elongate my torso, yes. I'm more likely to semi-tuck because it's more flattering on my shape. It depends on the rise of the pants, the style of hem on the top, and the overall silhouette of the outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481062 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:57:43 +0000 Anonymous 1481062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope never ever tuck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481055 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:37:40 +0000 Iron Ethel Flint 1481055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to all.the.time. </p> <p>In the '90s as an adult, my mother would chastise me for "running around in public with your shirttails out" and literally stick her hands in my underwear to tuck them in.</p> <p>In 2007, a younger friend informed me that tucking shirts was no longer fashionable. It works better for my body type and is much more comfortable. It also enabled me to wear low rise jeans well into my 40s, which was comfort heaven because I have a big squishy belly that the jeans didn't interfere with so I could breathe and not feel like I was wearing a corset all the time!</p> <p>I do think some of my skirts would look better with the shirt tucked, so it's nice to see that it's a choice and not an absolute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-tuck-in-tops#post-1481050 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:29:09 +0000 Gennifyr 1481050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very rarely. I don't like the way it looks. </p>