Leather jacket length and untucked shirts..

[ProteinNerd]

Hawaiian shirts are a perfectly acceptable form of fun casual summer attire

This is entirely geographically dependant. I've happily (although initially very self consciously) donned one while on holiday in Hawaii and it was fine, however, I'm certain that if I was to do it here in Sydney....well people would assume I was going to a fancy dress party....but lets not derail the thread

 

[Fastuni]

Leather jackets are garments of military/aviator/motorist background.
As such they have to be worn with the shirt tucked in. Otherwise the aesthetic is off.

My very own subjective view: Wearing the shirt out looks sloppy and signals that the leather jacket is merely a fashion prop. A leisure shirt that has to be worn untucked is not worn with a leather jacket.

Also a jacket rarely is too short... the trousers just aren't high enough.

 

[Rudie]

"Thou shalt not untuck."

 

[Seb Lucas]

With the high-wasted jeans/pants, aren't you guys concerned about the mom-jeans look?

I've often wondered about that too.

I think of think this look.

 

[Fastuni]

Seriously? You are since 2009 on a forum dealing with ca. 1920-1960s fashion, and the first association of high-waisted trousers is Urkle?

(The only problem with his trousers are that they are too tight.)

I start to think that part of the problem for some folks is a small reference pool barely reaching beyond US TV shows.

 

[Rudie]

With the high-wasted jeans/pants, aren't you guys concerned about the mom-jeans look?

Not at all.

 

[Rudie]

Seriously? You are since 2009 on a forum dealing with ca. 1920-1960s fashion, and the first association of high-waisted trousers is Urkle?

(The only problem with his trousers are that they are too tight.)

Actually, with steel-capped Doc Marten's and more subdued suspenders this would be a good skinhead outfit.

 

[Superfluous]

Wearing the shirt out looks sloppy and signals that the leather jacket is merely a fashion prop.

Like I said:

Interesting how this discussion has evoked . . . pejorative references to the other side of the fence.

Leather jackets are garments of military/aviator/motorist background.
As such they have to be worn with the shirt tucked in. [Emphasis added]

That is your opinion. Many disagree, including prominent manufacturers of leather jackets. For example, Eastman has the following promotional photos on its website:

Aero's website:

Real McCoys:

The manufacturers of leather jackets clearly do not believe that shirts "have to be" tucked in if worn with a leather jacket. In other words, there is no absolute rule.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Seriously? You are since 2009 on a forum dealing with ca. 1920-1960s fashion, and the first association of high-waisted trousers is Urkle?

(The only problem with his trousers are that they are too tight.)

I start to think that part of the problem for some folks is a small reference pool barely reaching beyond US TV shows.

Now, now, not that you'd know my reference pool for a moment but yes, I am serious. I think of that and Seinfeld's jeans and tucked in look too. US references are vivid on some things. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

[Fastuni]

@ Superfluous

If you quote me... why leave out the first key part? Here again - emphasis added.

My very own subjective view: Wearing the shirt out looks sloppy and signals that the leather jacket is merely a fashion prop. A leisure shirt that has to be worn untucked is not worn with a leather jacket.

The part "have to be worn tucked in" obviously refers to the military/aviator/motorist background. This is a factual statement. Of course you can wear them with untucked shirts and low-cut trousers... it just is not doing the aesthetic and purpose of these jackets justice.

Regarding the promotional photos, they all look either horrible or slovenly. (Yes again my opinion... if you think this looks good - fine.)

The fact that they are used for promotion/advertisement tells us what? Only that this apparently is contemporary fashion. It won't surprise you that I don't think highly of contemporary fashions (one of the raisons d'être of the FLounge.)

@ Seb Lucas

I think of that and Seinfeld's jeans and tucked in look too. US references are vivid on some things. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

If high waisted trousers and tucked-in shirts make you think of Urkel and Seinfeld, then there is something wrong with the reference pool. Particularly if one has this forum and its countless resources at hand.

 

[Gromulus]

@Seb Lucas

Regarding the promotional photos, they all look either horrible or slovenly. (Yes again my opinion... if you think this looks good - fine.)

You are not alone in that opinion.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

You are not alone in that opinion.

+1

 

[Macbeth]

Having worked in law enforcement for years, I and other officers find that untucked shirts is a perfect hiding method for concealed handguns.

When getting a group of people to exit the car for a traffic or felony stop, we were particularly mind full of the ones with untucked shirts.

Just another point of view.

 

[Superfluous]

Regarding the promotional photos, they all look either horrible or slovenly.

And get laid. :eeek: j/k

Respectfully, I think this would be a better thread without the remarkably derogatory references.

 

[Big J]

Not at all.

That's a great pic of HH. Nice hat, nice pants, nice jacket.

 

[Gromulus]

And get laid. :eeek: j/k

Interesting conjecture.

 

[Sloan1874]

This is entirely geographically dependant. I've happily (although initially very self consciously) donned one while on holiday in Hawaii and it was fine, however, I'm certain that if I was to do it here in Sydney....well people would assume I was going to a fancy dress party....but lets not derail the thread

Doesn't work on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street either...

 

[DesertDan]

That's a great pic of HH. Nice hat, nice pants, nice jacket.

It's easy to dress well when one has more money than anyone else in the world.

 

[Superfluous]

It's easy to dress well when one has more money than anyone else in the world.

Lol. Hence the reason why I dress "horribly" and "slovenly."

On the other hand:

 

[Fastuni]

Respectfully, I think this would be a better thread without the remarkably derogatory references.

Stating that these promotional photos look horrible and slovenly is just opinion (as I explicity said).
Just as legitimate an opinion as suggesting that tucked-in shirts are to you "downright unnatural".
Ok... I will put it more politely: these promotional photos look in my opinion not stylish and badly put together. Better?

This is certainly less "remarkably derogatory" than suggesting that all high-waisted trousers look like Steve Urkle and "Mom jeans".

And get laid. j/k

Huh? Do you find the men on the promotional photos so smashing that this is your first thought? [huh]

Or are you suggesting that men who wear high-waisted trousers and tucked-in shirts "don't get laid"?

(Or even more ludicrously that just wearing low-waist trousers and your shirt untucked is enough to "score"?)

You are wrong... but now we know how some minds work.

Of course you meant it all in jest.