Tuck in your shirt and wear a belt, Christopher Ford cares.

First off, I understand that if I accidentally stumble upon a website devoted to fashion, all news stories and tidbits of info will generally revolve around fashion. Same with music, travel, medicine, midget tossing, salad tossing, or knock-knock jokes. Here is the article that grabbed my attention while I perused through CNN morning news, as this was linked just after radiation updates in Japan (obviously closely related).


http://manofthehouse.com/style-grooming/fashion/tuck-in-shirt-6a?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Outloud-Outbrain


There is not much that I feel I can add to this, and certainly not from his perspective. While I appreciate taking fashion and style tips from another man, his logic and devotion to such an asinine topic actually irritated me enough to inspire me to comment.


I quote Christopher "A man should ALWAYS wear a belt. If your pants (or shorts, or whatever you're wearing) have belt loops, then you should be wearing a belt. Always. If your pants have waist adjusters or are made for suspenders then you are off the hook, but otherwise put a belt on. Even if your shirt is out and covering your belt loops, you should be wearing a belt. Trust me. Not wearing a belt makes you look like you don't care about your appearance and like maybe you should go back to exclusively wearing drawstring sweatpants like you did in college."


Wow, what an astute observation sir. By your Gentlemen's Quarterly logic, if you are wearing a shirt with pockets and a sewn in eyelet for a pen within that pocket, you better have a notepad, calculator, and pen inside that pocket. It's there for a reason, just like belt loops. Some cars manufactured today have ash trays strategically placed in multiple spots throughout the car, you better light up a cigarette, they serve a purpose and they MUST be used to avoid looking like a "slob" or "classless".


I quote again. "Generally speaking, a shirt is supposed to be tucked into your pants, and in fact the majority of shirts are designed to be tucked in. Every time a man doesn't tuck in his shirt it's a choice--a deliberate choice--and is usually made by someone younger than the average Man of the House reader. It's OK, and sometimes appropriate, to not tuck in your shirt, but know that by doing so you're making a choice."


Boy, that sounds ominous. Yes men, we are making a choice, like the one that Chris never made: to move out of his parents basement and focus on not being grossly obese instead of shaping his tuck/untuck theory around ways to make him look presentable in public when he goes on his Taco Bell run.


Here's what I think. Dress how you want to dress. If you want to wear a Fedora with sweatpants and a tube top, feel free. If you would like to wear a wife beater with some fancy slacks, have at it. If you are overly concerned with appearance, it's better to focus on your crappy personality and general unpleasantness before worrying about your belt and tuck or not tucked appearance. I mean for real, look at Mickey Rourke, he appears homeless and looks like he smells like feet, and people pay money to see him.