Dear Style Shrink,
I’m wearing a (beautifully tailored) suit to a wedding this summer but I imagine the likelihood is that I’ll have to take my jacket off at some point. The big question I have is how do I keep my shirt from riding up and ruching around my waistband. I hate it when it does that.
Jolyon, Shoreditch
Dear Jolyon,
I regularly experience this problem. It’s incredibly unsightly when it happens and if you’re adding insult to sweat patches (this is a summer wedding we’re talking about, after all) it can be very embarrassing indeed. The solutions, I’m pleased to reveal, are manifold.
The first thing to do is buy a shirt that fits and is long enough to stay in your trousers – British shirtmaker Turnbull & Asser makes a perfectly long dress shirt, for instance. The second is to make sure that your trousers are not too low-rise, so opt for something regular to high-rise, as this will keep your shirt in place and look altogether more elegant when you eventually take your jacket off.
There are, however, also certain gadgets you can invest in if your shirt is really working against you, Jolyon. The best, for our money, is a shirt garter from American company KK & Jay. Effectively a brace that straps around the base of your thigh, attaches to the tail of your shirt and keeps it in place, it’s a slightly fussy solution, but it’s a solution nonetheless.
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