How to tuck sleeves and legs to look stylish

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Even in such a simple matter as turning up the legs and sleeves, you need to know the basic rules and techniques, otherwise, instead of a stylish bow, you will end up with an absurd parody.

How to tuck the legs

Pinroll gateway

Skinny jeans or chinos are great for this trendy lapel. But with wide trousers it is better not to experiment, otherwise you will get parachute pants. A pinroll is a narrow cuff over the ankle that fits snugly around the leg. Here's how to do it:

1. Spread out the bottom of the leg.
2. Place a vertical pleat along the inner seam so that the leg fits snugly around the ankle.
3. Fold the bottom of the leg two times so that the fold locks into place.

It is recommended to wear "Pinroll" with sneakers, trainers or loafers. Keep in mind that this fold over opens part of the leg. Therefore, either wear very short socks that are not visible from under the shoes, or bright and funny long socks, which in this case will play the role of an accessory.

High lapel

Perhaps, from the point of view of execution, this is the simplest cuff: you just need to turn out the bottom edge of the leg to a sufficiently large width (10 cm or more). Tucking in this way is best for narrow straight-cut jeans made of hard denim.

This collar looks best with tall shoes. For example, with rough work boots and old school hi-tops.

Since such a simple tucking was originally done by hard workers for purely utilitarian purposes, in order to get into the style, you will have to adjust the rest of the image to it. In addition to the appropriate footwear, denim shirts, robes and coarse-knit beanie hats will be appropriate here.

And the last thing: this turn is suitable only for tall and thin people.

Single or double lapel for selvedge jeans

Selvedge denim jeans have a hem along the outside seam that looks great on cuffs. With such jeans, you can simply turn the lower edges of the leg outward by 4-8 cm. Or, if the length allows, you can first bend the rather wide cuff, and then turn it out again so that the cuff folds in half, and the folded edge of the leg is visible from above … This is how it looks:

High boots with thick soles are suitable for jeans with such a hem. Sneakers or sneakers will also look good, but in this case, the width of the lapel should be small.

Remember that the narrower the jeans, the tighter the fold should be. Also keep in mind that any lapel visually shortens the legs, and wide - especially.

How to roll up your sleeves

As with jeans, there are several ways to roll up the sleeves. But whichever one you choose, try to stick to the basic rules:

1. The rolled-up sleeve should open up a significant part of the arm, otherwise you will get the impression that the shirt is simply too big for you.
2. Only roll up your sleeve above the elbow if you have physical work to do. If you just want to add a bit of casualness to your outfit, it's best to keep your elbow covered.
3. Do not forget to undo the buttons on the sleeve, otherwise the lapel will be tight and will look sloppy.
4. The sleeves of jackets and jackets made of suiting fabric are not tucked up. If the need to raise the sleeve arose due to circumstances, just pull the sleeves up. In the heat, you can slightly tuck the sleeves of a light cotton or linen jacket, but you also need to roll up the shirt.
5. The sleeves of sweaters and knitwear are tucked up, but not tucked up. The only exception is when there is a shirt under the sweater. In this case, you can roll up the sleeve of the jumper along with the cuff of the shirt.
6. Short sleeves of a shirt or T-shirt (never a polo) can be rolled up a little if you want to show off your biceps. But in this case, you need to have something to brag about. However, this restriction does not apply to girls.

Three-quarter turn

Everything is very simple here: first fold the cuff, then fold the sleeve to its width. The result should look like this:

Classic fold

This is the most common type of lapel. If you've ever tucked up the sleeves of your shirt, you probably intuitively did this:

1. Unfold the cuff.
2. The sleeve was tucked up to the width of the cuff several times (usually 2-3 times) until the sleeve reached the elbow.

This fold, however, can constrain movement and put pressure on the crease of the elbow if the shirt has narrow sleeves.

Roll up above the elbow

As mentioned above, such a turnaround is appropriate if you are going to do manual labor. It is not very convenient to roll the sleeves over the elbow on yourself, so it is better to first tuck them to the desired length, and then put on the shirt.

Otherwise, this turn-up is performed in the same way as the previous one: you unfasten all the buttons on the sleeves, bend the cuff, and then turn the sleeve several times to the width of the cuff to the desired length.

Italian lapel

Probably the most stylish type of collar, which looks especially good on shirts with a contrasting cuff. It is done like this:

1. Fold the sleeve up to the elbow or higher.
2. Smooth the fabric to avoid wrinkling.
3. Fold the bottom edge of the sleeve again so that a narrow strip of cuff is visible above the cuff.

In this way, you can tuck the sleeve to any length, up to a high fold over the elbow - it will look very elegant.