They also make boobs look weird - male and female.
Off by eleven years, but you’re on the right track. :rolleyes:
Polo shirts are sweaty, they accentuate one’s pot belly and man boobs, the material doesn’t breathe so they are sweaty, and they really show off how sweaty you are. And they’re sweaty. They are a bad idea on fat guys. My wife bought me some with horizontal stripes, forgetting Rule #1 for fat people; they don’t get worn. I much prefer short-sleeve button-up shirts because they have voluminous sleeves and raising my arm sucks in cool air.
Thats why they invented T shirts. I would never wear any polyester knit fabric directly against my skin. T shirts keep your polo shirt sweat free and dry.
I wear dickies. Only the dickie. And a nice pair of slacks.
The phaaaaaaaaaaack?
I have some cotton polo shirts. They’re not all polyester.
What a completely bizarre thread. Add me to the people who would never take fashion advice from the majority of posters on the SDMB. I like polo shirts and wear them a lot.
Please link to a picture of an “actual nice shirt”.
I also don’t get the hate. Living in the south most of the year short sleeves are the rule. So it’s a t-shirt, polo shirt, or short sleeve button up shirt. Polo shirts are just dressy enough for most business interactions (more so if you add slacks), but can still be appropriate with shorts and a glass of iced-tea on the porch.
To my eye, a button up short sleve dress shirt looks completely ridiculous on most people. They either look like they are out shoping for a new pocket protector or are a country bumpkin on the way to a sweaty, mid-summer tent revival.
I don’t wear my polo shirt (singular) with a popped collar, but before you criticize those who do:
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It turns out there was plenty of substance to this stupid style.
Tennis player Rene Lacoste, aka the alligator logo guy, is credited with the invention of the polo shirt, which caused quite a stir when it was introduced in 1926. You see, tennis players used to be restricted to uncomfortable and impractical attire: heavy, long-sleeved oxford shirts, starched to roughly the same stiffness as a rich white dude’s butthole at an ethnic comedy show.
Rene didn’t enjoy playing tennis in a set of cloth armor, so he set out to make a lightweight, well-ventilated, short-sleeved shirt that would actually have some functionality for a person who swings his arms around in the glaring sun for hours at a time. A key component of his design was a flexible collar that could be propped up to protect the player’s neck from the sun. That’s right: The first popped collar was not only intentional, but practical.
The practice of wearing your polo shirt with the collar folded down didn’t catch on until the wealthy spectators, to whom avoiding the outdoors was a raison d’etre, adopted the style. The guy with the popped collar is technically doing it right – and you, gentle soul rocking through life with collar modestly flat, are emulating a bunch of clueless rich jerkwads.
Read more: 5 Ridiculous Modern Fashions With Badass Historical Origins | Cracked.com
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I’m afraid I’ll need to recuse myself from the discussion, at least until I get home and change.
My Hard Rock Cafe – Ho Chi Minh City polo shirt is among my prized possessions.
THIS! I have a collection of golf shirts I wear to work because a) they are free, b) I’d rather get work clothes dirty than my own.
I really wish SOs would understand that Aloha shirts are an addiction and the only way to overcome it is to accept that once you start buying and wearing them you cannot stop. My wife spent years trying to get me to stop wearing them, but now she helps me find new ones. I even managed to get her to wear one…
Ha Haha , I’m an Aloha shirt pusher, Baby!
I’ve even managed to get my workplace to do the occasional Aloha shirt Thursday.
Mahalo!
The only people that cool know to not wear them on the mainland. So, none as far as I’ve seen.
You’re right, I hate them. At Goodwill, I won’t even bother to look through the rack. For casual use around the house, I wear dark T-shirts from the underwear rack. For going away from home for any purpose to any destination, I wear short-sleeved button shirts, tucked in to long pants (jeans).
Is there a difference (other than logo) between polo shirts and golf shirts?
I’ve been wearing golf shirts regularly since the late 70’s. They go fine with a pair of khakis or khaki shorts. You can accuse me of being a preppy, but I don’t consider that an insult. I avoid ostentatious logos (ostentatious by size or message).
I’m not particularly sweaty, but they handle sweat better than anything else in the biz-casual category. Definitely more comfortable than a short-sleeve business shirt and tshirt. They’ve been appropriate work wear (or golf course wear) for as long as I can remember.
Lately, my wife hasn’t been buying me any; she says they’re out of style. I’ll take her word for that, though except for a short (silly) period in the early 80’s, I don’t think they ever really were IN style. Work attire is more casual now, though, so I can just wear a tshirt, and I’m good.
I’m a software engineer. I’m 6’1" and lean.
Man, I have half-a-dozen polo shirts - and that’s pretty much my entire wardrobe.
(Plus one shirt to go with the suit for weddings/funerals/job interviews).
The only thing better-looking than me in a polo shirt are some of the cute chicks of the LPGA. (And I’m only looking, so I don’t care what you say about them).
6/10
Please tell me you also own some trousers…
What a bizarre thread. Polos rule. I actually wear t-shirts MOST of the time, but in certain company, I feel like an immature kid when dressed in one. A polo, on the other hand, works for almost any casual social situation. And if it is well-fitted, it looks good to wear it untucked.
Maybe this is overweight people complaining about polos? They do look a little goofy when your belly sticks way out and ruins the fit of the shirt, but the only clothes that work on fat guys are button downs and suits.
A nice thin dress shirt (roll up the sleeves if it is hot) or even a short sleeved dress shirt (for casual events) look so much better than polos.
Guys in their polos always look fat and shlubby. Double that when they tuck them in. Polos also seem to wear poorly and look ‘pilly’, faded and gross after just a few washes. Why not just rock a dress shirt (not an oxford) for work? You can add a tie if needed (polos can never, ever be worn with a tie) or just unbutton the top button or two and roll up the sleeves for warmer days (or casual days)?