ETA: picture below!

Since I have a ton of clothing already, I didn't buy much at NAS, despite a few tempting items. However, since I'm planning on applying for jobs soon, I decided to buy some work wear.

I bought the Cole Haan Air Monica in black: http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/co.....ersonalize

These are very pretty, but straightforward looking wedges, at least in the black. The left foot fit perfectly, but the right foot pinched a tiny bit. I decided to keep them since they'll probably stretch, and I wore them to a cocktail reception recently with no problems.

I also bought the Halogen suit that Angie posted about in her reviews. Since I already have a pencil skirt suit, I decided to go with dress pants+blazer this time. So I bought the Taylor etched plaid pants: http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/co.....ersonalize in a 4P.

These fit *perfectly* out of the box on pearish me. No gaping at the waist, plenty of ease through the thigh, and the length was just right with the Cole Haan wedges. I highly recommend these pants for women with a small waist-hip ratio, they worked very well on me.

The blazer (http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ha.....personaliz) was a bit more problematic. I originally bought the 2P, but it was slightly too big in the shoulders and bust, and much too short in the sleeves, and I felt that even the body was short to be worn with pants. Perhaps I'm not so petite up top, especially my gorilla arms. I ordered size 0 over the phone and recently got that. It fits much better and is the right length on me, so I'm satisfied with the suit as a whole now.

One thing that i don't quite understand with pantsuits though, is the tucking.
Two things:
A) women's shirts tend not to be that long, so it is harder to tuck them properly into pants, which sit lower on the hips than do pencil skirts.
B) even when I successfully tuck, it looks a bit odd since the tuck point is lower than my natural waist by a fair bit.

I almost never tuck with pants, though it makes sense to do so with the slouchy high-waisted sort. But these lower-waisted dress pants are a bit problematic. I usually leave my shirt untucked when I wear dress pants but I realize that's the less formal thing to do. Solutions for A or B?

Thanks for reading!