![]() If you accept that whatever is happening on the catwalks is bound to trickle down eventually, it seems inevitable that the rest of us will soon be grappling with half-tucks soon. ![]() Even after underwear was introduced, the symbolism of tucking and modesty stuck. When trousers came along, shirt-tails stood in for underwear and were tucked underneath for hygiene reasons, the longer the better. Shirt-tails were the only thing standing between your outer clothing and your honour, so they tended to be long. Up until the late 18th century, the methodology of tucking was practical. According to style consultant Katherine Ormerod: “Normcore hit and the effort of artfully tucking your shirt started to look a little contrived.” But recently, tucking has retaliated in ever more wild and complex ways. This was considered but louche, an easy way to refresh a shirt and earmark yourself as a leader of fashion.Īfter a two-year gestation period, in which the half-tuck reigned, the trend dipped a bit, during the normcore period. ![]() And they did even old streamlined Victoria Beckham. Style writer Kristin Anderson even wrote an explainer for Vogue last year: “Take shirt wrap generous section of fabric around thumb jam, with vigour, into waistband”, so everyone could join in. Vogue endorsed it and it enjoyed a niche but robust hold over womenswear, interpreted at Gucci Resort and Gap. Tucking as a styling trick first emerged in about 2013, when we met the half-tuck, a shirt-specific manoeuvre that involved tucking three-quarters of your shirt in, save for a flap hanging out the front.
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