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"  Back in 2010 we noted the increasing prevalence of something known as the boot tuck, or &amp;quot;the tendency among certain men to tuck their pants into their boots.&amp;quot; The look still persists, three years later. That&amp;#039;s quite long enough, if you ask us. Gentlemen, it&amp;#039;s time to kill the boot tuck. Listen, it&amp;#039;s not that the boot tuck is inherently awful. In fact, when we first started talking about it, we issued only the warning that the look is &amp;quot;fraught with peril unless perfectly executed (i.e., not too purposeful looking or precisely done) and worn with the utmost confidence.&amp;quot; Dire, yes. But not damning. It can be done, we were saying. You just have to get it right. But here&amp;#039;s the thing: We \u2014 that is, men in general \u2014 aren&amp;#039;t getting it right. For evidence, look no further than the photo above, featuring Jared Leto&amp;#039;s skinny jeans tucked neatly into a set of boots flopping pathetically around his ankles, unzipped and akimbo, the actual &amp;quot;boot&amp;quot; part of the boots rendered useless, left to languish, collapsing onto itself like a souffl\u00E9 deflating in a cupboard. With a pair of zip-up boots like this, it&amp;#039;s especially bad, but it&amp;#039;s equally lamentable with other styles. In a pair of classic lace-ups, the tongue of the boots looks more like its namesake than it ever should, hanging limp at the front of the ankle, the boots transformed, suddenly, into the open mouth of a panting dog. With motorcycle or engineer boots \u2014 those you pull on, sans zips or laces \u2014 the boot tuck makes you look like a member of the gestapo. Can the boot tuck be great? Yes. But only a fraction of a percent of those who try will achieve such greatness. The rest of us? We just look like assholes. The odds are unacceptable. The collateral damage, too high. It&amp;#039;s time, guys. Let&amp;#039;s drop the axe. Let&amp;#039;s kill the boot tuck. Notable Exceptions: hiking boots; wellingtons; duck boots (but only when there&amp;#039;s at least six inches of snow on the ground). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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