The shirt is one of the essential items of clothing in every self-respecting wardrobe. A basic that goes with everything and is suitable for any occasion: from a formal look with tailored pants and a jacket, to a casual one with jeans and sneakers.
It is also an ideal garment for the mid-season so characteristic of the newly released spring. In fact, during those hours of the day when the heat is overwhelming, we resort to rolling up our sleeves to cool off. This seemingly simple gesture has a trick: there is a way to roll up the sleeve of your shirt that is much more stylish, as designer Juan Avellaneda promises.
You walk down the street and you’re hot, or you even anticipate it while you’re getting dressed at home. Then, he decides to roll up the sleeves of his shirt, either by simply dragging them up, or by unbuttoning the cuff and folding it in on itself. It’s not that this is poorly done as such… but it doesn’t look as good as the method advocated by designer Juan Avellaneda.
In addition to serving as creative director of his eponymous firm, Avellaneda is a great prescriber of style tips and tricks on his social networks. On his TikTok profile he has more than 580 thousand followers who do not miss the videos of him while he dresses for certain occasions, he shows the process of designing and making some of his clothes or gives master classes to dress with taste.
Along these lines, he has shown in a video his style trick for rolling up the sleeves of his shirts. First, you have to unbutton the cuff of the shirt and then fold the sleeve up to a length approximately twice as long as the cuff itself. Next, take the cuff end of your shirt and fold it down, forming a triangle. The next thing the designer does is fold the cuff above this corner, leaving it as smooth as possible, stretching the fabric well to prevent wrinkles or folds from forming.
The result is that one end of the shirt cuff protrudes from the fold, thus giving “a more informal touch and it seems like it was done on purpose and is obviously super studied,” notes the designer. As quick as it is simple, but it makes a big difference in the appearance of the sleeve, being more flattering and without detracting from the genuine sophistication of the shirt.
Of course, in the comments section some users point out that they prefer the simple version, simply rolling the fist over itself. This, as is often the case in fashion, is a matter of taste.
