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#21 ·
Corcovado said:
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I don't know what this is, but I know it isn't a bluegill.
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I don't know why AAAC is so averse to anything but the regular floppy collared polo shirts.

They curl up and look terrible after one wash.

Yes, it is indeed a polo shirt. It's made of pique fabric, but with a button down collar, and the placket ends partway down the chest.

Just like a shirt can have a spread collar or a button down collar and it's still a shirt.
 
#22 ·
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
 
#23 ·
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.
 
#25 ·
eagle2250 said:
It's a PDUF...a 'pretty darned ugly fish!' LOL. ;)
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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."

That said, I think LL Bean polo shirts are quite nice and I haven't bought anything else in a good long while.
 
#26 ·
Dhaller said:
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
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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.
 
#28 ·
Unfortunately, at present their color selection appears depressed by the current state of the national morale. Dull? Man! And so is everyone else's.
 
#29 ·
Oldsarge said:
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.
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Basically why I like the BD variation. It stands nice and tall and has the same effect as an OCBD, but with a polo.
 
#30 ·
delicious_scent said:
Basically why I like the BD variation. It stands nice and tall and has the same effect as an OCBD, but with a polo.
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So who sells such? I've never seen on in RL.
 
#31 ·
Oldsarge said:
So who sells such? I've never seen on in RL.
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Spier & Mackay.

Only cons is the fit seems to change every season, so you have to pay attention to the sizing charts. This season's polos also seem to be 2 inches shorter than last year's. Works for me as I find most polos too long.

If you do end up buying, I can PM you a referral code which gets you 20% off your first purchase, and I get $20.
 
#32 ·
delicious_scent said:
Spier & Mackay.

Only cons is the fit seems to change every season, so you have to pay attention to the sizing charts. This season's polos also seem to be 2 inches shorter than last year's. Works for me as I find most polos too long.

If you do end up buying, I can PM you a referral code which gets you 20% off your first purchase, and I get $20.
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Thanks, I'll go look. Hmmm, no pockets. Drat!
 
#34 ·
Oldsarge said:
Unfortunately, at present their color selection appears depressed by the current state of the national morale. Dull? Man! And so is everyone else's.
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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
 
#35 ·
127.72 MHz said:
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
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But those aren't the ones with pockets. Gotta have a pocket!
 
#39 ·
Corcovado said:
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."
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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!
 
#40 ·
Matt S said:
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!
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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?
 
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