Looking for a short-sleeved jersey polo...

In My Humble Opinion
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…not pique. I HATE pique.

In anticipation of landing the corporate IT job I recently had a second interview for, I’m beginning the process of updating my duds.

I’ve worked at a t-shirt and jeans kind of place for the past couple of years, but at the new office, I’ll be expected to look reasonably presentable. Chinos/cords/slacks, with a decent button down and/or polo.

I’ve got a nice collection of 1MX shirts from Express that’ll do for part 2a above, but I figure ironing one every morning (or sending them out to the cleaners every week) will get really old (or expensive) really fast.

So, I’m looking to buy a big pile of polos. Jersey. Not pique. Did I tell you how much I hate pique? I hate pique THIIIIIIIIIIS much.

So yeah. Jersey. Cut rather slim, not husky - I’m tall and skinny. Preferably poly/cotton.

I like American Apparel’s offering, but they’re more than 30 bucks a pop, and they’re 100% cotton. I’ve found their 100% stuff to be succeptable to severe fading and uneven shrinking, which sucks when you’re paying $30 to look like one of the half-naked vaguely greasy nubiles in the pictures.

The Gapana Navy doesn’t seem to offer anything but (f*cking) pique, and the Express’ site doesn’t want to work for me.

Anybody else got any other ideas?

Thanks.

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Wow…I just wanted to comment on how one of the “views” of that shirt has the (male) model sitting spread-eagle on the floor wearing nothing but the polo and some bring teal undies. Is this what men want to see when they shop!!!

Have you checked out Target?

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Check out Lands End. They’re reasonable and their stuff is of good quality. I know they have a lot of polos, although I know a lot of them are also pique. I’m sure they have something in plain knit, though.

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PS - also, now you can return their catalog stuff at Sears!