Tee sleeves extending past short sleeve shirts?
The first tee is a buck mason 90s boxy fit and the second is a uniqlo airism oversized, both in medium underneath medium shirts. Unfortunately, these two styles make up the bulk of my tee rotation, so this has the potential to happen a lot. I don't think it's automatically terrible, although I do think in the second photo it might be excessive. I've seen Matheson and others do it intentionally, but that's typically in the context of fits that are grungier and more vintage. Under what circumstances does it tend to work and when is it probably better to avoid?
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Literally ran into the same thing yesterday, I just tried cuffing the bottom tee over the top one. Maybe it looks lame but I liked it. In both your photos it doesn’t look bad to me tho
imo it looks bad and unintentional. a tank would fix this & look a little more visually interesting.
Carrion seems like someone smart about fashion and they have a check next to their name so I am changing my opinion to say it looks bad and unintentional too
Tbh i think the cuff + tucked in shirt looks more intentional than just poking out. but still agree tanks just work here
tanks are so good
@oman121 @carrion @EntMoth I tend to agree from a general aesthetic standpoint that tanks are superior here and the sleeve situation isn't ideal (I didn't wear either of these out), but in my particular case, I think exposing more decolletage while being pale and not particularly in shape doesn't necessarily look great either, and the larger neck opening on most tanks makes my torso proportions look off imo
maybe just cut the sleeves off of some of my existing tees if I don't like the way a deeper neckline looks? or roll the sleeves underneath, or would that add too much bulk?
hey man respectfully what does decolletage mean
cleavage essentially
not that I have cleavage, but I do think my collorbone game isn't strong enough to look good in tanks
I think you should give it a shot and see how you feel about it
im not gonna be precious with you here, u cited Matty Matheson as like inspo or whatever and dude is easily 3x ur size. Genuinely your paleness and body size have absolutely fuckall with what im concerned with.
The tshirt + open button down looks like dog ass in basically every single iteration ive seen because it creates an uninteresting shape, serves no practical purpose, and TO ME signals that the dude wearing it is a guy who has only ever worn tshirts and wants to "dress it up a bit" but the whole thing fails to be casual or formal in any capacity.
You would be better served by losing the undershirt and buttoning up the shirt while leaving the top 1 or 2 unbuttoned tbh.
I mentioned him because he does wear tees under ss button ups and sometimes the sleeves are not shorter, but yeah, he also manages to wear tanks and look put together
this is what I actually ended up doing with the first look
honestly I used to be super averse to wearing tanks until about a year ago. it turned out to mostly just be a confidence thing
like even in this tho the tee has a fucked up loose collar which breaks up the lines & gives the fit some character. If youve got a crisp crew neck under a button down that's hitting at the exact same spot it just feels unintentional
I think part of my problem is that to find ones that have a less form fitting, underwear vibe, you have to size up, but then in a large at 5'7", the overall length is way too long to have the option to wear untucked which is what I'd prefer with something like these drawstring shorts
matty matheson has some really awesome fits and a healthy take on fashion, but I don't think tshirt under camp collar shirt should be the takeway from his style
this does lok betted because of that neck but it aso helps that he has something else creating balance there with his tats
dog i have a 47" chest i wear like a 3xl in uniqlo tees it isn't a size thing it's the cut of the tshirt
same its all this imo
does anyone make a tank with a boxier, cropped fit?
I end up wearing a lot of pants when it's hot that wouldn't work as well when tucking, like these or other drawstring options like outlier ramiefall 107s (maybe that's a personal preference too, but tucking without a belt in those style of pants looks like pajamas to me)
you can raw hem a tank or anything
looser fit probably most tanks are long because with some exceptions they expect you to tuck them in
it’ll just curl up
it’s fine i’ve done it on tons of tees
don’t cut too short, leave room for the curling
yeah imo finding on you like and chopping it may an idea
idk if ive ever seen a cropped tank
when I wear a tank untucked I usually fold it/flip the end up
anyway this is a pretty close fit of his with a tank and imo its just better
alternatively look in women’s section
Heavyweight Organic Cotton Cropped Shell Tank Top | Gap
Shop Gap's Heavyweight Organic Cotton Cropped Shell Tank Top: Soft, heavyweight cotton tank top., Jewel neck., Sleeveless., Certain styles have allover stripes., Made with 100% organically grown cotton, which is grown without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers., This product was made in a factory that invests in gender equality and ...
sorry for ugly url i’m on phone
i hate to be that bitch, but the pajama feeling may be more because of the drawstring pants than the tank
2 much off the top pinkkea
:nooooo:
me when i’m cutting my shirts up
no belt, no drawstring, looks cool
Its 100% this
i think thats what he was saying?
nevermind
yeah its drawstring
but also drawstring waists can look great tucked i think you just need to embrace it and lean into a real casual vibe
wait i literally have a fit doing this one sec
agree, with proper pants it can work, but my point was that I'm not always wearing jeans or chinos, especially in summer, and a lot of options for really hot weather do end up being linen or ramie super casual pants that often have drawstrings, but even without a drawstring tucking into an elastic waistband looks off to me
I wore this in a new York summer, like 90 degrees and humid. Drawstring pants. You can do it
if i redid this fit i wouldn't tuck the camp collar
what are the pants though?
paperthin cotton, maybe cotton-linen
corridor
I guess something with more pattern or other interest can look less pajama like
I think the ones I have get by on texture though
maybe! I think it's also worth telling your brain to shut up and just experimenting
I've done that many, many, many times in my fashion journey
:caught: imo patterns lean more pajama its about styling and rocking the look not the pants themselves
IMO tucking into elastic pants isn't really an issue or even the issue here.
Like tucking into an elastic waistband can just make an already weak fit into a weaker one but it won't brick a good fit automatically.
I really feel like, based on your comments in this thread, you just gotta try things. It's not always gonna work out but you'll never know otherwise
I still think an untucked or partially tucked tank like seen there would work a lot better for me personally, but I have yet to find any that fit that way out of the box
i mean like pinkkea said if they all fit long, cuting them is an option
I will experiment with cutting some to size, but I also think when you size up you get a much deeper neckline, which I am still less certain will work (with Matheson, his tats definitely do a lot to fill that void created by the oversized neck)
only one way to find out
there's always other stuff i have zero chest hair and no tats but i wear a bunch of silver necklaces
Again it 100% depends on the cut of the garment. There are tees out there that aren't crew neck. Something like the wythe tees might be a good place for you to start, but they aren't thick or boxy
I don't think that's a super deep neckline either though, most wife-beater style tanks are going to be a lot deeper
ribbed tanks**
I tried a boat neck at buck mason the other day, kind of hated it for the same reason despite liking the pattern and cut elsewhere
I think that's what they are saying tho, you don't have to go crazy deep on the neckline, just something to change it up from the really high one on the tees you are wearing
sorry, I know that isn't the preferred nomenclature
what do you call that kind of tank when it's not ribbed? A line?
not a-line, but I want to say a something
maybe I still have ptsd from deep v's in the 2010s, but I just think oversized necks make my proportions look off
try it before you think
like
yeah i think thats just getting used to it you gotta try things and wear it in a bit to give it a chance to not just be scary beacuse its new
you can think anything about anythijng
you have to try thingsssssss
it helps if you have a chain to balance it out, so I might look for some options there
it helps if you wear clothes instead of talking about them
bro it’s been 15 years
I actually didn't hate v's or the idea of showing more chest in general, but it's more the width of the neck that I think makes things look off to me
has
has it really been
jokes aside do you have any necklaces? those can help fill in the gap with a deep neckline
I have a sterling anchor chain that was an impulse buy a couple of years ago that I rarely wear because it's 7mm and looks too big to me, I'll try to find a pic
just put the tank on and a chain. just a pic of the chain isnt wildly helpfull
ebay
Just cut the sleeves off
Easy solution
Sometimes yall really be overthinking the smallest stuff I s2g
I don't own a tank to try the combo with right now, but here is the chain with the camp collar
i like it its a good chain
it does sit better like that, I attached it about 2" shorter to bring it up to around 19"
I think I will get it shortened and start wearing it, but I still think it's pretty thick though and might prefer something in 4-5mm instead of 7mm
you can better see how chunky it is when it's fully out
you look great and it'd look great with the tank suggested
looks great with that camp collar as is too
I managed to try this on at the store yesterday, and it's way too cropped even in XL. I also tried the BR version of the same women's tank, and it's a bit longer but has a neck that makes it almost indistinguishable from a crew
oh i see. if you can, try uncropped boxy womens tanks if you can find any. which probably will run a little shorter in the body than mens still
but maybe easier to just figure out the exact length you want and search thru retailers that have garment measurements
eg uniqlo, everlane, ssense
I don't think many are going to be in the goldilocks zone where they're not too long but also not too short when worn untucked with mid to low rise pants, so I'll probably just try to find one where I like the material and neckline then crop it myself