![]() It’s a comfy, flowy shirt over some skinnies. I mean, this before picture doesn’t look awful or anything like that. Nothing changed between this pic and those from the graphic up top….except that I tucked in my shirt. And…I think I know WHY it’s not my best angle. □ BUT! It serves as the perfect example for why I heart front tuck. Okay, so this is a shot my hubby took so I could have him test the lighting before shooting these little how-to photos, and it’s certainly not my best angle. (Well, maybe not “firmly”…more like I’m jiggly in the latter group.□) Want to know why? Because, if done just right, the leftover mom-fluff can be disguised with a bit o’ front tuckage…let me show you how! I used to be in one camp, and now, with the extra fluff left over from four babies in five years, I am FIRMLY in the latter group. I read every single one, most of which made me cry, and I’ll be forever grateful you took the time to share. It touched me more than you’ll probably EVER know to read your stories, your words of encouragement to other mamas, and to know you trusted me with that information about your personal lives. Just.**FIRST…if I could express to you all how much your comments on my last post meant to me, I would do so with big hugs and face squeezes all around. (Guys: the French tuck isn't really a thing. ![]() Here's a question: is the French tuck.actually a thing? A real-deal, legit, normal-people-do-it styling move? That's a tricky one, but I know this much: I have been doing this forever! Hasn’t everyone? Maybe it's a girl thing: Man Repeller’s Leandra Medine has been practicing the haphazard tuck since 2004, and Refinery29 came in for a light roast after a video teaching the "one-hand tuck." That was all just a few years ago, but the internet felt like a different place entirely: cynicism was funny, rather than a hardened skill we employ each day just to gird ourselves for more bad news. And now, it’s a full blown trend, as Karamo predicted in one episode (they blur together after a while), remarking that soon ”every straight man around the world doing your French tuck.” About that Google: searches for "French tuck" skyrocketed right around the time Queer Eye's second season premiered. Let me Google that for you: the French tuck is when you tuck in the front of your shirt and leave the rest loose. But all hell broke loose when Tan not only acknowledged the maneuver's existence but revealed it has a name: The French Tuck. I was watching with a friend, and we noticed Tan’s proclivity for semi-tucking in the printed short sleeve button downs he loves so much a few episodes in. In each episode, the same things happen again and again: Karamo will create an elaborate situation to build the makeoveree’s confidence, Bobby will undertake an elaborate CB2 renovation that seems completely incongruous with the time frame, Jonathan will shave off their beard and leave it long on top and short on the sides, Antoni will teach them how to make something absurd like homemade poké, and Tan France will expound upon the virtues of something called a French tuck. This is due in large part to the show's reliable pacing and sheer predictability. There something narcotic about binging Netflix’s reboot of Queer Eye, one after the other.
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