Picture #1               Picture #2               Picture #3           Picture #4            Picture #5                 Picture #6

For many men, the body of a dress shirt is considerably wider than their actual body sillhouette. Nothing looks worse than a well-dressed man with a messy-looking shirt tucking -- bunched up in the back and uneven. There are steps to correctly tucking a shirt tail just as there are steps to making a correct Windsor knot in a tie.

Start with trousers open and unzipped, slid down to the hips, with legs spread apart to keep them up. Button shirt in the front, all the way down, then smooth the excess fabric to the back sides amd grasp it on either side, making a pleat, as in Picture #1.

In Picture #2, thumbs are holding the pleat down and fingers are curved out, ready to grab the trouser waist.

In Picture #3, while using back of hands to hold pleats in place, gently ease the trousers up over the pleated shirt tail

Picture #4 illustrates the completely smooth back of the shirt tucked into the trousers -- VERY professional looking.

Picture #5 shows the placket of the shirt front lined up with the fly front of the trousers.

Picture #6 shows the buckle of the belt lined up with the placket and fly front.        PERFECT!

This takes a little practice but is WELL worth the effort for a clean, lean, professional look.