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.

 

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

 

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.

 

^ +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.

 

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

 

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?

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

Unless you're golfing, don't get "performance polos". Just stick with cotton (of course, "cotton" is itself a vast spectrum.)

There are so many variables: Will it be tucked? untucked? Worn close-fitted? loose? Used for layering? stand-alone?

Personally, I still like the classic, cotton pique Lacrosse polos. I wear them fairly tight; to me, they're mostly a tee shirt alternative... otherwise I'm in a Tori Richard camp shirt.

I've worn some "luxury" polos, like Brioni and Kiton (when I was young, and it seemed like a good idea), and I think they're fine in a certain setting, but you're paying 10x the price for twice the shirt.

The Brooks Brothers polos as a good value when you hit one of their "buy N shirts for X dollars" sales. I would never pay full price for a Brooks Brothers shirt of any kind: they will ALWAYS have a sale soon (since they've decided to head down the Jos A Bank path.)

I am going be a bit controversial and say this: not everyone can really wear a polo shirt. It's an athletic "look", and really requires at least a somewhat athletic (or at least beefy) physique. Here's my suggested rule: if your correct size of polo shirt "hugs" your arms, it works; if there's a big gap, such that your arms emerge from loose sleeves, it doesn't. My opinion, offered as an aesthetic principle.

DH

 

I am going be a bit controversial and say this: not everyone can really wear a polo shirt. It's an athletic "look", and really requires at least a somewhat athletic (or at least beefy) physique. Here's my suggested rule: if your correct size of polo shirt "hugs" your arms, it works; if there's a big gap, such that your arms emerge from loose sleeves, it doesn't. My opinion, offered as an aesthetic principle.

DH

I had never thought about this until a friend brought it up a few years ago, as to why he doesn't wear polo shirts. Now I can't help but notice. I think it's really an issue (if at all) with Lacoste-style shirts where there's knit cuff on the sleeves. You can get many a polo shirt nowadays that doesn't have that feature, and I think that's more than a viable option for non-members of the gun show. I've also noticed, and have actively participated in, the trend towards a more fitted polo shirt. The polos I had in high school and college are absolutely tent-like now (despite my efforts to grow to fit them!), it's easy to get fitted polos a la Daniel Craig style (okay, maybe not that tight). It's much more challenging to get the Daniel Craig physique.

 

Polo shirts (or golf shirts, if you insist that polos-with-pockets are golf shirts) are T-shirts for those of us who don't like T-shirts. I think putting a jacket over a T-shirt looks ugly. Over a polo it looks fine. Day in and day out, I live in polos-with-pockets. My aging frame will never again be athletic, if it ever was. Too bad. I'm happy--so long as I can get cotton polos with shirt pockets.

 

Polo shirts (or golf shirts, if you insist that polos-with-pockets are golf shirts) are T-shirts for those of us who don't like T-shirts. I think putting a jacket over a T-shirt looks ugly. Over a polo it looks fine. Day in and day out, I live in polos-with-pockets. My aging frame will never again be athletic, if it ever was. Too bad. I'm happy--so long as I can get cotton polos with shirt pockets.

Basically why I like the BD variation. It stands nice and tall and has the same effect as an OCBD, but with a polo.

 

I've tried a few others including Brooks Brothers but Land's End supima cotton polos are best n my book.

https://www.landsend.com/products/mens-short-sleeve-super-soft-supima-polo-shirt/id_248707

And, the price is right!

 

Unfortunately, at present their color selection appears depressed by the current state of the national morale. Dull? Man! And so is everyone else's.

 

Thanks, I'll go look. Hmmm, no pockets. Drat!

Oops, forgot about that.

Yeossal can do that through MTO. Though I find $100+ for a polo shirt to be a bit steep. The collar is also definitely not to everyone's tastes either.

https://www.yeossal.com/collections/polo-shirts-special-orders

 

Unfortunately, at present their color selection appears depressed by the current state of the national morale. Dull? Man! And so is everyone else's.

Colors? 12 of them, (*Maybe you're a hard guy to please Sarg!)
tailored fit, non-tailored fit
Regular and Tall

Lavender Cloud
Radiant Navy
Black
Dark Charcoal Heather
Living Coral
Blue Hyacinth
Pale Sky
Cool Pink
Paradise Teal
Soft Lake Blue
White
Bright Daffodil

$39.95 regular price and currently on sale for $23.97

https://www.landsend.com/products/mens-short-sleeve-super-soft-supima-polo-shirt/id_248707

 

Colors? 12 of them, (*Maybe you're a hard guy to please Sarg!)
tailored fit, non-tailored fit
Regular and Tall

Lavender Cloud
Radiant Navy
Black
Dark Charcoal Heather
Living Coral
Blue Hyacinth
Pale Sky
Cool Pink
Paradise Teal
Soft Lake Blue
White
Bright Daffodil

$39.95 regular price and currently on sale for $23.97

https://www.landsend.com/products/mens-short-sleeve-super-soft-supima-polo-shirt/id_248707

But those aren't the ones with pockets. Gotta have a pocket!

 

^^ Okay I get it.

 

I have been advised by my ophthalmologist that laser techniques are coming that will make reading glasses obsolete. Boy am I ready!

 

OP If money is not a problem, then go for Cesare Attolini or Ravazzolo but those are not considered 100% polo shirts

 

Well I didn't mean to imply the shirt was ugly, just the logical point that one can know what something isn't without necessarily knowing what it is.

If pressed I will concede it is a hybrid of a polo shirt and a button down, but I would never think of a shirt with a button down collar when someone says "polo shirt."

The button-down collar was first created for playing polo. So a knit polo shirt with a button-down collar is truly the ultimate 'polo' shirt!

 

I've wonder about that. What is the real story - is the knit polo shirt the true polo shirt or is the OCBD the true polo shirt. And by "true" I guess I mean original to the game of polo? Or what? I don't know, but I've always wondered about that as they both kinda share the origin story. Do you now Matt?

 

????

 

J Peterman has some very nice new Polo shirts in their catalog. 3-button placket and a pocket. A little pricey, but very nice.

 

Really? Hmmm . . .

 

Unless you're golfing, don't get "performance polos". Just stick with cotton (of course, "cotton" is itself a vast spectrum.)

There are so many variables: Will it be tucked? untucked? Worn close-fitted? loose? Used for layering? stand-alone?

Personally, I still like the classic, cotton pique Lacrosse polos. I wear them fairly tight; to me, they're mostly a tee shirt alternative... otherwise I'm in a Tori Richard camp shirt.

I've worn some "luxury" polos, like Brioni and Kiton (when I was young, and it seemed like a good idea), and I think they're fine in a certain setting, but you're paying 10x the price for twice the shirt.

The Brooks Brothers polos as a good value when you hit one of their "buy N shirts for X dollars" sales. I would never pay full price for a Brooks Brothers shirt of any kind: they will ALWAYS have a sale soon (since they've decided to head down the Jos A Bank path.)

I am going be a bit controversial and say this: not everyone can really wear a polo shirt. It's an athletic "look", and really requires at least a somewhat athletic (or at least beefy) physique. Here's my suggested rule: if your correct size of polo shirt "hugs" your arms, it works; if there's a big gap, such that your arms emerge from loose sleeves, it doesn't. My opinion, offered as an aesthetic principle.

DH

I personally believe that I fit better in a polo shirt now than in my 20's. I have a little moobs going on, but untucked it doesn't show. I actually bought both the performance and the premium extra fine polos from Brooks Brothers. With all of the sales that BB has had during COVID-19, I've given my summer wardrobe a nice update, both polos and t-shirts. I've grown fond of wearing polo shirts on nice spring/ summer days when I leave the house. Sometimes tucked, other times untucked.

 

Polo shirts are the main part of my wardrobe. I do not have any preferences for brands. And I agree with some opinions I've read on this thread that there is no need to buy polos from expensive brands. And most people use polos for their casual looks. But sometimes you want to wear something expensive just to realize that you can afford it without problems. In this case, Brooks Brothers is the best choice. I also like Karl Lagerfeld and Ralph Lauren. But as I see here https://cools.com/shop/mens-polos there are a lot of good looking polos that are cheaper and will look the same. So, it's only your choice. Have a nice day

 

Thanks for posting and welcome to AAAC. I agree with your conclusion that quality garments, polo shirts, can be had without spending a small fortune. Looking forward to your future postings.

 

Thanks for this thread. In the lockdown I've added bits here and there to my wardrobe, and yesterday sent off for a new polo from The Tie Bar. Less than $30 after discounts, we'll see as to the quality. A very simple unadorned cotton pique polo, with knit sleeve cuffs and an "open" non-knit bottom. Some touched on pet peeves earlier on this thread, I realized one of my is for cuffed bottoms to the body of a shirt. I'm not crazy about them on sweaters either, but in some cases I understand how it completes a look.

 

An update. Got my shipment from The Tie Bar today. The polo shirt is really nice, exactly (rare) what I was looking for, an unadorned polo (no logos) in a slightly fitted style. Not extra slim by any stretch, and I think the cotton knit will soften nicely. FYI, the "medium" fits to spec, maybe very slightly slim, more slim than the RL polos I used to own in my youth. It's a keeper.