Is Tucking in Your Top Totally Over?

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When two staffers of Vogue.com decree they're past the point of artful shirt-tucking and letting their tops hang loose instead, we pay attention. It all started with the French set many moons ago, where a button-down or jersey crew-neck would be partially pinched into a skinny jean waistband to louche effect. It helped elongate legs and added a Parisian vibe to proceedings. But now, it would appear that to tuck in would be to muck up in 2016. 

There are three potential reasons behind this styling shift:

1. Right now there's a movement towards comfort and a refined sloppiness—we've deemed it sofa-dressing, where joggers and hoodies have moved from your couch to the chic streets—so of course it makes sense to not be trussed up in waist belts or attempting to create a slimming fold on a super-thick sweatshirt.

2. Where you'd often need to hide away a long top under high-waisted trousers or skirts now there's an abundance of crop tops to play with, making extended hemlines redundant. 

3. Many tops now feature decorative or statement hems—so this once-upon-a-time forgotten area is now a focus point for fashion lovers who are partial to a frill, lace trim or asymmetric cut.

Click through the gallery to see un-tucked tops in action, plus some of our favourite styles to do it with…

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Hannah Almassi
Hannah Almassi
Managing Director, Women's UK

Hannah Almassi is the MD for Women’s UK at Future PLC. Following a decade-long tenure asBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing UK’s first Editor-in-Chief, she now overseesBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing and Marie Claire in the UK. Hannah has been part of the theBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing brand since 2015, when she was headhunted to launch the UK sister site and social channels, implement a localised content strategy and build out the editorial team. As an expert at the intersection of content, commerce, building brands and monetising digital platforms, she now combines her editorial experience alongside business acumen to help guide digital titles into the future.