![]() ![]() This is how the armed forces are taught to tuck in their uniform shirts. If your shirt doesn’t have a close, well-tailored fit, you need a little more technique to deal with the excess fabric. But be cautioned: it works well with a fitted shirt, and terribly with anything else. If you don’t want to think too hard, this is the way to go. Just because it’s easy doesn’t mean this is a bad tuck. And as long as your trousers aren’t too loose, the shirt will probably stay there. It just got there by virtue of the order you did things. Your shirt ends up pinned beneath your trousers with no effort on your part. When it’s time to tuck in your shirt, do it the right way. What Is The Proper Way To Tuck In A Shirt? I’ve also covered when to tuck and when not to tuck in video format. Finally, Beth over at Dappered gives us a woman’s opinion. In general, don’t tuck the T-shirt unless it’s a deliberate style statement.Ĭheck out what Andy over at Primer has to say about tucking in your shirt and looking good (for you anti-tuckers!). It depends a lot on the shirt, the belt, and the trousers, as well as your overall style. Some subcultures love the tucked T-shirt with the visible belt buckle others will think you look like a total nerd. T-shirts - Opinions are going to vary widely here.Nothing looks dorkier than a tucked-in vacation shirt. Hawaiian shirts - These and any other loud-print shirts don’t get tucked no matter what their hem looks like.On their own, it’s better to leave them untucked. Turtleneck/roll collars - When worn under a sports jacket or blazer, these are often tucked so that the belt buckle is visible.Rugby shirts, their long-sleeved cousins, are almost never tucked in, however. Polo shirts - They have an even hem and can be worn untucked, but are often tucked in for a little dressier look, especially by golfers.For best results, tuck undershirts into underwear (more on this below). Undershirts - These can always be tucked, and absolutely should be if there’s any chance of them poking out from beneath your other layers.Must be in the genetics.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. So, now, I understand why my son likes to sleep with the covers over his head. ‘I know it must be hard work for you white people to sleep with your heads completely covered up, but you will have to do it here, or you will freeze to death.’ The first night, the missionary could not understand and threw back the covers, thinking he would be smothered. Rapidly and deftly did he proceed with his work, and almost before I was aware of what he was doing, he had reached my head, which he began to cover completely up with the heavy robe which he seemed to be crowding down under my back and shoulders.” “very skillfully, and in a way most motherly, he would begin at my feet and carefully tuck me in. Then he would lay down on the boughs, and the guide would throw a heavy blanket and fur robe over him and then. The missionary would wrap up in a heavy overcoat (over his clothes), put on long buffalo skin boots, fur mitts, cap, cape, and big mufflers. ‘Now, if you will get into bed, I will cover you up and tuck you in.’ ( By Canoe and Dog-Train ) ( by Egerton Ryerson Young) ![]() Then, placing my pillow so that my head would be farthest away from the fire, he would say to me He first spread out a layer of evergreen boughs, and then on these he laid a large buffalo robe, and upon this a heavy blanket. This was his work, and he was adept at it. ![]() One particularly cold night, after prayers, they prepared to sleep in the open air (no tepee.) The Guide is in charge. Temps would drop to below 50 degrees some nights. In the winter, the missionary and his Indian guide would travel by dog sled over the snow and frozen rivers. (My husband’s ancestors link up with these tribes - hence my desire to read about them.)Ī young Methodist missionary recorded his travels with his wife in the 1850s, sharing Christianity with the native people. These tribes lived in the Northwestern Territories of Canada, up by Hudson’s Bay, above the Great Lakes. I was reading a book about the Cree and Saulteaux Indians. “Tucking in” was a life-saving event before falling asleep. I found the source of that saying, which dates back to the Saulteaux Native Americans. I remember saying, “will you tuck me into bed?” When I was young, my parents would “tuck me into bed.” As any parent knows, kids hate to go to bed at night - in fact it’s quite amazing to hear the excuses your kids will come up with - drinks of water, trips to the bathroom, anything to delay the inevitable. ![]()
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