Still faking the whole adult thing

[gfish]

How do people deal with tucked-in shirts on a regular basis? I don't mean that in a fashion sense or even strictly a comfort sense. I mean it in a purely pragmetic, functional way. How do you keep tucked-in shirts tucked in? If I raise my arms above about 45 degrees, they start to pull out. It feels like I'd need at least 18 extra inches of shirt to prevent this, and only then with renfaire-levels of blousing going on. And even with a lot of blousing, there seems to be a natural ratcheting effect which pulls the shirt out sooner rather than later. I don't see everyone else constantly retucking shirts, much less going around with any blousing at all. I don't understand how they can even walk with shirts tucked in that tightly. Is my torso just unfortunately shaped? Do most people just not bend or lift their arms for most of the day? I did pleasantly discover that suspenders helped a lot. I'm unclear on the mechanism, however, and obviously that isn't the normal solution. Is this one of those basic life skills that I missed out on as a kid when I was going through my nihilistic escapism phase, obsessed with nuclear war? Seems like it was about that time when everyone switched to boxers without telling me.

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[keystricken.livejournal.com]

As a regular tucked-in button-down wearer, I depend on a small amount of blousing to keep me sane. I see it on most of the people around me, too. And yeah, if you raise your arms above 45-50 degrees, the shirt ratchets out -- so little by little, you notice that you don't raise your upper arms so much anymore. But maybe that's not the universal experience -- I take a lot of behavioral cues from my clothing and footwear, which is why I commonly change after work.

I've been informed that fitted shirts are where the real status is nowadays, which might explain why they're more expensive and harder to find. Speaking personally, the most irritating thing about dress shirts is the way they grab around the armpits and shoulders if you raise your arms.