Polo Shirts Casual Sophistication

Men's fashion has long taken inspiration from thebecome a symbol of men's wear and the male
world of sport adopting both the brands and thefashion industry the world over.
types of the clothing itself. None more so than thePolo shirts were adopted by polo players for similar
men's designer polo shirt, this shirt has come toreasons as the tennis players, because they were
symbolize smart casual wear for generations of menless invasive whilst playing and the material offered
and has made its way into the mainstream of societysome breathability which is an important part of any
from a carefully designed piece of sports wear. Renetype of sports wear.
Lacoste was a world class tennis player who foundThe other main sport that has an association with
the shirts that the players were required to wear tothe polo shirt is golf, it has become the most
be burdensome and he decided to design a shirt thatcommon item of clothing worn on the professional
would not impede his tennis.golf tour. This is because of their comfort and the
Players traditionally wore long sleeved shirts thatbreathable fabric they are made from make them
they would roll the sleeves up to above their elbowideal for the hot weather and to wear all day long.
but they often came down during play which causedIts popularity has meant that many of the top golfing
irritation and got in the way of their play. That is whylabels have picked up the design and created their
Lacoste designed his shirts with short sleeves, heown shirts often with a logo similar in style to
also designed the shirt to have a longer length at theLacoste's first men's designer Polo shirt. The Scottish
back so that it did come out of his trousers whilst hegolfing brand Lyle and Scott have been making
was playing. He added the crocodile logo to the topexclusive knitwear for over 130 years, as part of
left hand section of the shirt after his nickname ontheir rebranding to interest a younger audience they
the court.launched their own polo shirt with eagle logo. The
The Development of the Polo Shirtpopularity of the Lyle and Scott polos can be seen in
When Ralph Lauren designed the Polo Ralph Laurenmany areas of men's fashion with many celebrities
range he made the polo shirt one of his main items inchoosing to wear them, which has in turn increased
the collection, even mirroring the style of Lacoste intheir status and reputation.
having a logo on the top left hand side, this time aMen's designer polo shirts are still an extremely
polo player, cementing the connection between thepopular item of clothing because of their comfort and
two forever. Ralph Lauren's line of polo shirts hasversatility they can be both smart and casual clothing.