How to roll up your shirt sleeves – 3 ways

Wearing a shirt, the sleeves are too long? Too hot and want to cool off a little? Want to highlight your casual, casual style? Roll up your sleeves!

Continuing the theme of summer and shirts, I could not help but remember 3 ways to roll up the sleeves on a shirt: to the forearm, to the elbow and the stylish Italian way. If you roll up your sleeves like an accordion the old fashioned way, today you have a lot to learn. Go!

Why roll up your shirt sleeves?

There are different reasons why you want or need to roll up your sleeves:

1. Practical necessity. If you work with your own hands, for example, cleaning the garage or repairing a car, then in order not to stain or tear your shirt, you need to roll up your sleeves. In addition, it is much more convenient to work with rolled up sleeves, as nothing interferes with your movement.
2. Heat. A light-colored long-sleeved cotton shirt is usually suitable for both walking down the street and going to work. But what to do when it is really hot outside or indoors ?! Correctly rolled sleeves will help to cool a little. It should be noted, however, that it is necessary to roll up the sleeves of a classic shirt only in extreme cases, since this is not accepted according to a business dress code.
3. Style element. Sometimes a man wants to 'shout' to everyone around him that he has done his job and is ready to relax in a bar or restaurant after a hard day. Or, on the contrary, to dilute the situation in a difficult situation, when it is necessary to demonstrate control over the situation. Sometimes big bosses take off their blazers and roll up their shirt sleeves in front of the audience, demonstrating control over the situation in the more relaxed atmosphere he has created.

How to properly roll up your shirt sleeves

There are actually many ways to roll up your sleeves, but the best of them are only 3. Remember the movie Gone in 60 Seconds? So, now we will learn how to roll up our sleeves in 60 seconds!

There are some basic principles to know:

1. It is necessary to roll up the sleeves no less than 10-15 centimeters from the wrist. Anything less will not look harmonious.
2. Roll up to the elbow or forearm only in an informal setting, not counting the cases when you are left alone at work in the office and work for everyone else.
3. Better not to roll up your jacket or blazer, even if the buttons are unbuttoned. An exception is the urgent need to roll up the sleeves when it is not possible to take off the jacket. On the other hand, men's fashion is changing and this may be mistaken for another stylish image.

Method number 1. Roll up the sleeves to the forearm

This method is very simple and intuitive. It allows you to free your hands as much as possible, which allows you to work with greater comfort.

How to roll up the sleeves using the classic method:

1. Unbutton all buttons on the sleeves.
2. Turn the cuffs inside out, gently adjusting the edges. At this point, set the rolled-up sleeve width to the cuff width or half the cuff width.
3. Continue wrapping the sleeve, gently adjusting the width, until you reach the forearm (bicep).

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Method number 2: Roll up the sleeves to the elbow

The following sleeve wrapping method is great for men who are done, head to the bar with their jacket slung over their shoulder to have a beer with friends or colleagues. It is quite simple and does not wrinkle the sleeves of the shirt much if you suddenly need to return everything back. By the way, this method looks good with a light sweater, if the sleeves are slightly pulled up to the elbows. It also looks good on thin hands, which is important for many.

How to roll up your sleeves to the elbow:

1. Unbutton all the buttons on the sleeves of your shirt.
2. Using the width of the cuffs, wrap 1 to 2 turns up to the elbow joint.
3. Adjust the rolled up sleeves so that nothing gets in your way.

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Method number 3. Roll up sleeves in Italian

The most stylish and interesting method to roll up the sleeves, in my opinion, is the Italian. What's interesting about it is that you can adjust the cuffs and add variety every time you decide to roll up the sleeves. The only condition is that the reverse side of the cuffs should be different from the color of the front side, contrasting. Ever noticed shirts with colored lining? It is made precisely to make the sleeves rolled up by the Italian method look stylish.

1. As always, undo the buttons on the cuffs.
2. Turn the sleeve over and pull the hem so that the cuffs do not extend slightly to the elbow. You should have a sleeve folded in half, turned inside out.
3. Next, fold the edge of the sleeve and slightly overlap the colored cuffs that are at the elbow. It turns out that you turned the sleeve inside out 2 times. If necessary, align the sleeve at the cuff to reveal more or less the colored underside.

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Finally

In fact, you can roll up the sleeves in many more ways: unfasten the button and roll up the sleeve with a roller, you can simply fold the sleeves like an accordion, but it won't stay there for a long time. You can wrap the cuffs not inside out, but tuck them under the sleeve, but the sleeves will look strange, as if you put on a little boy's shirt, and it is too small for you. Etc…. All of them, in my opinion, are full of shortcomings, so I did not consider them in this article. Thank you all and wish you good luck!

Rolled up sleeves on a shirt – photo

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