[Jeff84]

I'm updating my spring/ summer wardrobe for casual wear. Aside from the standard jeans or shorts with a polo shirt, I'm leaning into a chinos and polo look. I'm not a golfer and I know that "performance" polos have that golf course vibe.

Looking at Brooks Brothers, I have a few of the cotton polo shirts. However, are the polyester performance polos a better fit with these cotton chinos?

 

[Peak and Pine]

They're 80 bucks. Why are you even considering these? Everybody sells polos and they basically all look and wear the same. Polos are loose, so casual they border on sloppy, display your nipples and since most are short sleeved they look good on nobody save body builders, a self-absorbed class of sorta-humans. Buy long sleeve polos at Target or O'Reilly's Auto Parts and always wear under a blazer or jacket which cover all kinds of sins, guts, nipples, tattoos, sweat and logos.

 

[Jeff84]

They're 80 bucks. Why are you even considering these? Everybody sells polos and they basically all look and wear the same. Polos are loose, so casual they border on sloppy, display your nipples and since most are short sleeved they look good on nobody save body builders, a self-absorbed class of sorta-humans. Buy long sleeve polos at Target or O'Reilly's Auto Parts and always wear under a blazer or jacket which cover all kinds of sins, guts, nipples, tattoos, sweat and logos.

Just as a point of reference. Thanks.

 

[Peak and Pine]

Just as a point of reference. Thanks.

You thanked me, for that? You're a good man, Jeff. I would have preferred no thanks and to have severely rattled you, but maybe next time.

 

[smmrfld]

There’s already a long thread on this...easy to find. No need to start a new one.

 

[Jeff84]

You thanked me, for that? You're a good man, Jeff. I would have preferred no thanks and to have severely rattled you, but maybe next time.

No need for that sir. I asked a question and you answered. Even if I wouldn't like an answer there wouldn't be a need for a lack of civility. Sometimes harsh answers are necessary.

 

[lightbeard]

I used to wear a white BB Supima polo in cotton and found it more comfortable and durable than Lacoste or Ralph Lauren. I'd still be wearing it if I had not hopelessly stained it.

I replaced it with a similar Paul Stuart polo. I like the PS polo a lot, but I may go back to BB.

I recommend staying away from the polyester BB "performance" polo.

 

[Color 8]

^ +1 for cotton. I can't stand "performance" (aka "synthetic") fabrics for anything other than sports gear ; otherwise, they wear as hot as Hades on me, and the perspiration immediately soaks through them and runs off me in sheets.

 

[215339]

It depends on what you're looking for.

For me, the heart of a shirt is always in the collar, and I won't get over my obsession of a collar roll.

So for me, that means Spier & Mackay's BD polos. The price is more than reasonable at $50 CAD. (The pics below are before washing, so the roll won't nearly be as perfect and will slouch more.)

If you want to go flying off the deep end, Yeossal also sells one piece collar polos at a fairly hefty sum of $115+.

Here is an entire article with different looks and sources.

https://dieworkwear.com/post/184472216504/can-polos-ever-be-good

 

[John M]

They're 80 bucks. Why are you even considering these? Everybody sells polos and they basically all look and wear the same. Polos are loose, so casual they border on sloppy, display your nipples and since most are short sleeved they look good on nobody save body builders, a self-absorbed class of sorta-humans. Buy long sleeve polos at Target or O'Reilly's Auto Parts and always wear under a blazer or jacket which cover all kinds of sins, guts, nipples, tattoos, sweat and logos.

Sort of agree with this quite a bit except that all polos are built alike. I think many polos are not targeted towards slim fit but more of a classic/relaxed fit. It is the same way a lot of khakis/chinos are loose fit instead of tailored.

I used to love American Giant's Premium Polos but they got rid of them and put something else in their place. They were a soft cotton slub fabric that wore like a t-shirt but had a small collar that stayed in place with a button on the back of the neck.

 

[eagle2250]

At one point I could claim 57 knit polo shirts, but have pruned the collection down to half that number, since moving to smaller digs. Ninety plus percent of those shirts were/are Brooks Brothers. I have been very pleased with the shirts.

 

[David J. Cooper]

I really like the BB mesh type cotton Polos. Last year I bought a couple in Navy and one in Charcoal. I wore them golfing all summer alternating between the three. I did find that the collars sustained a fair bit of UV damage.

I will continue to wear BB polos but not golfing. I have purchased some Galvin Green and RLX polyester type ones for this season. I don’t hate them but prefer how cotton looks and feels.

 

[ran23]

So, tie Bar has Polo's now. no reviews yet. 3 button. $30.00US

 

[medhat]

It depends on what you're looking for.

For me, the heart of a shirt is always in the collar, and I won't get over my obsession of a collar roll.

So for me, that means Spier & Mackay's BD polos. The price is more than reasonable at $50 CAD. (The pics below are before washing, so the roll won't nearly be as perfect and will slouch more.)

If you want to go flying off the deep end, Yeossal also sells one piece collar polos at a fairly hefty sum of $115+.

https://dieworkwear.com/post/184472216504/can-polos-ever-be-good

Funny, for all the talk about "all polos look alike" these Spier & Mackay are quite a bit different. BD knit short sleeve polos, who knew?

 

[215339]

Funny, for all the talk about "all polos look alike" these Spier & Mackay are quite a bit different. BD knit short sleeve polos, who knew?

I can't go back. Having a polo shirt with a shirt-like collar band and collar roll just ticks all the right details for me.

 

[Alexander Kabbaz]

Not all polo shirts are created equal.

• Fully fashioned
• Mother-of-Pearl buttons
• Pure Sea Island Cotton
• Outrageously expensive
• Made in Italy exclusively for Kabbaz-Kelly

 

[Oldsarge]

Not all polo shirts are created equal.

• Fully fashioned
• Mother-of-Pearl buttons
• Pure Sea Island Cotton
• Outrageously expensive
• Made in Italy exclusively for Kabbaz-Kelly

View attachment 42508

No doubt that all of the above is true. Unfortunately, the aging eyeballs among us require shirt pockets.

 

[Corcovado]

It depends on what you're looking for.

For me, the heart of a shirt is always in the collar, and I won't get over my obsession of a collar roll.

So for me, that means Spier & Mackay's BD polos. The price is more than reasonable at $50 CAD. (The pics below are before washing, so the roll won't nearly be as perfect and will slouch more.)

That's not a polo shirt.

 

[215339]

Not all polo shirts are created equal.

• Fully fashioned
• Mother-of-Pearl buttons
• Pure Sea Island Cotton
• Outrageously expensive
• Made in Italy exclusively for Kabbaz-Kelly

View attachment 42508

Yet these still have the same floppy, sad collars of every generic polo shirt.

That's not a polo shirt.

What is it then?

 

[Corcovado]

What is it then?

I don't know what this is, but I know it isn't a bluegill.