Tucking in the Shirt

I was watching the IT Crowd this morning and noticed how Moss tucked in his shirt. He's the one with the curly afro. Essentially he pulls it down as tight as he can into his pants and calls it good. This is generally something you want to avoid. Now of course, according to Moss he has some pretty sweet style, and admittedly looking as much like a nerd as possible is pretty in right now, but it isn't necessarily dapper. My dad taught me at a young age that you need to pull the shirt out a bit after you tuck it in. And you should be wearing a belt if you're tucking in a shirt. The exception is suits, which don't need belts, but it doesn't hurt.

Rarely should you tuck in a polo, never a T-shirt, and tucking in an oxford again depends on the mood of your outfit. An untucked shirt denotes casualness.

For awhile I was wearing an untucked shirt with a tie, but I had the top button of my shirt done up, which really juxtaposed the whole outfit in a negative way. If you're going to wear a tie with the top button done up, all appropriate at whatnot, then you need to tuck in your shirt. It looks better.

And now for something completely different, and not really dapper as hell;