Ok, this may be the stupidest question ever asked on this website.
How does everyone avoid lines when tucking in shirts. I wear a 2" belt, and it covers some of it, but my shirt always bunches together and ends up making it look like I have weird hips. I honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong, and it doesn’t matter when I’m competing because my show coat covers it, but for schooling, it always looks awful! Share your secrets!!!
Thanks !
Seriously?
I have no advice, but I get it - I get the weird lines and bumps and I’m like “HOW DO I NOT KNOW HOW TO TUCK IN A SHIRT??” I have no idea how the people who don’t have them are managing it! I try to look at it as at least it’s distracting people from my visible panty line! 
Hehehhehe!!
Tuck your shirt into your underwear. So weird but it really does work. Just pull your shirt all the way down then pull your underwear up over it, fix the shirt again, then pull up your pants. I never have any issues doing it that way.
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Tuck your shirt into your underwear. So weird but it really does work. Just pull your shirt all the way down then pull your underwear up over it, fix the shirt again, then pull up your pants. I never have any issues doing it that way.[/QUOTE]
Then they will have shirt tail marks sticking out from under their whale tail marks… That will just not do.
Ex-Catholic school girl here- this is the trick we used for oversize polos.
Take the excessive fabric on either side and fold it just behind your hips, towards your back. Fold it like you would with hospital bed corners, and tuck it in at the back.
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Tuck your shirt into your underwear. So weird but it really does work. Just pull your shirt all the way down then pull your underwear up over it, fix the shirt again, then pull up your pants. I never have any issues doing it that way.[/QUOTE]
Same here. I feel like a serious dork but it definitely hides all lines. And unless your shirts are SUPER long, they won’t stick out from under :lol: Try it, it seriously works!
OP, it is not a stupid question. When I show, I wear a long legged Spanx under white breeches and I tuck the shirt into the Spank. For everyday, I don’t worry about the lines. The thicker the breeches, the thinner the shirt, the less the lines.
HAHAHAA I too am an underwear tucker :lol: The hip fold idea sounds like it couldn’t hurt either. The more technical the fabric (or tissue weight fabric) the easier it “blends” IME.
So maybe a fold, underwear tuck, and a little shimmy will do the trick?
I am terrible at this, but the few times it’s worked for me I tuck the shirt kinda haphazard, pull the extra fabric towards the back in a V shape (so it’s all gathered at the small of my back), and sorta stuff it under my belt. With a thicker belt it works pretty well!
I’ve always tried to tuck as much of my shirt as possible right underneath the belt so that no one can see it, and then the rest of it goes near the small of my back since there’s a little dent there which is a perfect fabric holder.
When I tuck I usually get the excess fabric towards the center of my back. That part always gets messed up looking from sitting and how your back curves so it bothers me less there. Plus I don’t have to see it! Out of sight out of mind!
This works for my show shirts.
Smooth the shirt tail down across your backside. Then fold the shirt tail up so that the bottom hem is just below where the waistband of your pants would be. Seems to help reduce the appearance of lumps and bumps from the hem of the shirt.
This thread is causing me to think about turning around and looking in the mirror the next time I have on my breeches lol! Never even thought about it. Go figure
This–this is what I do… ^^^
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Tuck your shirt into your underwear. So weird but it really does work. Just pull your shirt all the way down then pull your underwear up over it, fix the shirt again, then pull up your pants. I never have any issues doing it that way.[/QUOTE]
This–this is what I do… ^^^
You need to start with the right garments. Thicker breeches, thinner, more fitted shirts that are just the right length. If you start with a pair of riding tights and wear a loose fitting, heavier knit polo shirt you are not going to ever get good results. The more fitted the shirt, the better it tucks in.
If thin, fitted shirts are too revealing for you, then in spring and fall a lightweight vest makes a great accessory to put over a fitted shirt. Vests are very flattering and cover some figure imperfections (which obviously, none of us have, but just in case you know someone who does).
If you read the extensive threads on this board regarding VPL, you may find that the type of underwear required to avoid VPL is in some cases not the type of underwear you can tuck a shirt into.
Also, if you use Spanx, the waistline is probably higher than the waistline of your trendy low-rise breeches, so that might also result in a fairly non-trendy look: the waist of your Spanx showing above your belt.
That would so not be a good look.
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Absolutely! When browsing pictures from WEF of my trainer you wouldn’t believe how many shots I saw of people from the backside of the fence - close up! Not really the most flattering angle in the first place but with VPL or shirt wrinkles?!? Who wants that documented for posterity? :eek:
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Ex-Catholic school girl here- this is the trick we used for oversize polos.
Take the excessive fabric on either side and fold it just behind your hips, towards your back. Fold it like you would with hospital bed corners, and tuck it in at the back.[/QUOTE]
Also known as the “military tuck.”
