https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:45:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-658447 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:26:12 +0000 nicoleb 658447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heather, I love you. &lt;3 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-658445 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:24:17 +0000 Jaime 658445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Almost spit out my coffee! I want to combine the semi-tuck, boyfriend jeans, equipment shirt looks of all your last threads! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-658206 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:01:11 +0000 Jonesy 658206@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this thread! And I'm in total agreement about the wonders of semi-tucking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-658112 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:58:05 +0000 lyn67 658112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chucklin':-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-658107 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:55:59 +0000 Angie 658107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just doing my job, Una. And making sure that you have fun along the way </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657758 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:29:42 +0000 jen 657758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>50 shades of tucking CLASSIC! chucklin' </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657711 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:04:52 +0000 Transcona Shannon 657711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm actually waiting for cooler weather so I can try tucking or semi-tucking my J Jill silk blouses (way too hot for those right now). I'm curious to see if I really do find it flattering for my mid section. </p> <p>Una - we could have a "tuck off" (boy...you really have to watch the spelling on that - lol)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657706 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:58:44 +0000 Keix 657706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm also of the waistless-hipless type (rectangle tending toward apple) and I've learned to tuck into high-waisted skirts, but not yet pants. Maybe some since silk blouses will be part of NAS? I have casual cotton button-downs that work well as an outer layer for more structure than a cardigan, but they don't drape well when tucked in. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657675 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:55:48 +0000 Ornella 657675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll be eagerly waiting for the comparison photos Una.<br /> You and I have opposite body types, so it'll just be a learning exercise for me. As a method of styling, I haven't used tucking intentionally yet and still need to figure out how to go about it, i.e. avoid over emphasizing my hips. To tuck or not to tuck... you and Angie made me think I should not give it up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657663 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:18:51 +0000 catgirl 657663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ooh, Claire, post pictures! I'm going to do a regular tuck and then this waist-whittling tuck to see if I can capture the difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657662 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:15:45 +0000 Anonymous 657662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey, you're right! I'm wearing a higher waisted skirt with a drape-y rayon top (that I thought was too short to tuck in) and I just tried it and it *does* make me look like I might have a waist in there somewhere, lol! Now for the perfect belt-loop filling-out belt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657652 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:58:12 +0000 catgirl 657652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I'm a slow learner but I'm so convinced now! The key for me really is drapier fabrics and a good strong belt. By having the sides of the shirt less tucked and the belt showing, it creates the illusion of a smaller waist and hips for me. I'm sure you could do the opposite as well. </p> <p>Still not a fan of stiffer wovens, but am utterly in love with the Equipment blouses.</p> <p>Thank you for persisting with the tucking advice! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657642 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:50:46 +0000 Angie 657642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YOU made my day.</p> <p>*Scream* this from the roof tops, Una! </p> <p>Tucking can be very forgiving around the midriff - precisely the opposite of what people think of tucking (that it attracts attention to a midriff). You just need the right top and bottom and killer belt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657639 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:46:06 +0000 Sylvie 657639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:-D My mind never would have gone there before, but now that you bring it up... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657585 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:03:44 +0000 Heather 657585@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fifty Shades of Tucking? </p> <p>Ah, never a dull post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657568 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:52:31 +0000 rae 657568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no, why did you plant that seed of a typo in my head?! LOL</p> <p>Like you, I never tucked before the semi-tuck came around (unless I was at work, but I do all kinds of things for work that I normally wouldn't). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657564 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:51:28 +0000 catgirl 657564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can't imagine how I wanted to phrase this post... "I use to hate tucking, but now I'm really into it, especially with belts." Yeah, good thing I exercised some self-control. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657559 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:49:40 +0000 Ornella 657559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One-and-only Una!<br /> I might add something to this conversation... when I stop laughing so hard! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657498 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:09:03 +0000 biscuitsmom 657498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL! That made my day Great idea! It looks SO good on you.... no more ideas, just had to comment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/enlightened-tucking#post-657495 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:58:28 +0000 catgirl 657495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Every time I use the word tuck, I fear I'm one typo away from offensiveness!)</p> <p>I've only recently converted to tucking shirts, thanks to the discovery of the half-tuck... But I've also realized that there are lots of other ways to tuck that really change up a look. Before now, I always thought tucking required a perfectly even line all around. But with the drapey silk shirts, it is so much fun to create a high-low effect by tightly tucking the buttoned placket just above the belt and then leaving the sides looser. Today's WIW is an example of that, which just works so much better for my waistless/hipless shape.</p> <p>The ability to play around with these options has given me so much joy!</p> <p>Anyone else find tucking amusing? (And no puns, please - I've thought of them all already!). ;-D </p>