Shirt Tucked In

[Juulie Downs]

Get an extra long shirt, and then use garters to hold it down to your knee socks -- added benefit, keeps your socks up! I'm not saying I do this. Just a suggestion.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

Get an extra long shirt, and then use garters to hold it down to your knee socks -- added benefit, keeps your socks up! I'm not saying I do this. Just a suggestion.

Juulie:

I officiated in an AAU Girls' Nat'l. Champ. Tourn. years ago who did just that. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever seen, he was a much younger official than me.

MTD, Sr.

[Fritz]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Juulie:

I officiated in an AAU Girls' Nat'l. Champ. Tourn. years ago who did just that. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever seen, he was a much younger official than me.

MTD, Sr.

Don't knock until you've tried it. I've tried the different belts and tucking into my UnderArmour, and some part would always show if I bent over to pick up a ball or something (same thing happened to Ed Hightower on a recent national TV game I was watching), sometimes they would ride a bit above the pants too. Of course, body type and build may have something to do with that as well.

So I went to the shirt garters and they are great. I don't attach them to my socks though, even though I wear OTCs - legs are too long. Instead, I attach the double ends to the back of my shirt (two on the right half, two on the left) and then loop the single end around my leg and attach to the front.

Works perfect; enough "give" to allow movement but never so much as to have either front or back come anywhere close to looking untucked.

I'm a believer!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Fritz

So I went to the shirt garters and they are great. I don't attach them to my socks though, even though I wear OTCs - legs are too long. Instead, I attach the double ends to the back of my shirt (two on the right half, two on the left) and then loop the single end around my leg and attach to the front. Works perfect; enough "give" to allow movement but never so much as to have either front or back come anywhere close to looking untucked.

Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don't know where I am goin' to.
Silk suit, black tie
I don't need a reason why.
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

[Headbanger]

I found some shirt stays (garters) on this website - Supertuks - ordered them, tried them out and WOW, do they ever work well!

They look quite a bit better than most of the other offerings out there like the really plain, generic ones that you can find on E-bay and other such on-line ordering websites. The quality is very much first rate. The pair I originally got I'm still wearing daily and that was over 2 years ago. They are better than the current offerings in many ways:

1. The elastic used is superior, as wide as the straps they use for dress suspenders (1.25 inches). In fact, I believe that the elastics are the same in materials and quality as those used in suspenders, not like the "bra-strap" el-cheapo elastics they use in other shirt stays.

2. The shirt clips are very well made and will not lose the black rubber tabs used to secure the clip to the shirt hem.

3. The clips used to attach to the socks are like those similarly found on suspenders, allowing for quick and easy disengagement without the removal of your slacks. Also, I have not yet had a sock clip become disengaged and snap me in the nards. This is because the stays are of the Y-configuration and are generally worn on the outside of the legs.

4. The 2 "branches" that form the "y'' are allowed free travel through the D-ring at the junction (not fixed like on other shirt stays) allowing more freedom of movement and mobility as you stretch forward or back.

5. Unlike the other shirt stays on the market that make you look kinda stupid when one of the shirt clips comes undone (allowing the bottom strap to drop out from your pantleg and creating questions), Supertuks have a fail-safe elastic cord that prevents the stays from coming apart if a shirt clip should come undone. The cord will hold the setup together indefinitely until you can get to somewhere private to re-secure them. This cord is a first when it comes to shirt stays.

These are just a few points that I can think of. Have a look at the website sometime and see for yourself!

Originally Posted by Fritz

Don't knock until you've tried it. I've tried the different belts and tucking into my UnderArmour...

So I went to the shirt garters and they are great.

Works perfect; enough "give" to allow movement but never so much as to have either front or back come anywhere close to looking untucked.

I'm a believer!

Same here, tried the rest but I prefer the garters the best!

Originally Posted by Headbanger

I found some shirt stays (garters) on this website - Supertuks - ordered them, tried them out and WOW, do they ever work well!

Thanks for the plug!!

[grunewar]

I wore the garters for many yrs in the military and really liked the look. Maybe I'll try them for a scrimmage and if I like them enough I'll invest in these.

PS - while I have had them "disengage" before, I have never been "snapped in the nards" either!

[JPaco54]

I tuck my shirt with the "Military Tuck" all I have to do is retuck it at half time. No belts No garters No Straps No tights...works every time...

Must be nice!

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by JPaco54

I tuck my shirt with the "Military Tuck" all I have to do is retuck it at half time. No belts No garters No Straps No tights...works every time...

What is the military tuck?

[JPaco54]

Military Tuck - Well I guess you would have to been in the military to know...i could not find a link on youtube...it is a little hard to describe but if you look at military personnel, especially marines, at the back near the waistline you will see each side of the shirt tucked, like a crease. The tuck runs up the back length of the shirt. While getting dressed, you roll your pant waist down over the belt line, you lean back so you can pull the shirt down and tight, you must maintain this position so you can pull the shirt tight, you then pull the shirt tight down with both hands at the back so you are tucking the loose part of the shirt in towards a tuck motion. YOu hold it with two fingers, bring your pants pack up, Hold the tuck, straighten up, pull your pants up and secure the belt. Now run your hands around the front of your pants to bring the uncreased parts of the shirt around so that you smooth out the shirt and retuck the loose ends into the previous tuck, pull tight, secure the shirt ends under your shorts or tights, now you look great with no loose ends, no ruffles the shirt is smooth all the way around with a nice tuck and it forms a straight line so you look nice and neat. It takes a little practice but once you get it down it only takes a few seconds...or another recommendation is to just buy the velcro rubber belt.

[IREFU2]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

Get an extra long shirt, and then use garters to hold it down to your knee socks -- added benefit, keeps your socks up! I'm not saying I do this. Just a suggestion.

Ditto, I do the same thing.