Dumb but true story - I was at a large party at the Rice Hotel with some friends and friends of friends. There was a guy there (we'll call him Yuppie boy) with the Polo/upturned collar hangingn out on the balcony with 2 chicks. One of the friends' friends (we'll call her FF) was rather inebriated and kept looking over at him in disgust. Finally, FF walks right over to him, grabs his collar and folds it down while yelling at him, "I can't take it anymore - you just look like a giant dork with this." Yuppie boy tries to turn the collar back up but FF folds it back down again. Yuppie boy then goes "What the f--- is wrong with you b----?" and one of his female companions says "She just wants to f--- you." FF goes "I wouldn't be caught dead f---ing this Gap reject." At that point, FF's boyfriend grabbed her and took her to another room. Yuppie boy put up a good face, but he didn't seem as laid back after that.
Lol, same here. Sometimes I do it, not that often though. I don't think it looks particularly terrible.
I know what you're thinking, and it's not the same as what's being discussed here. I've seen a lot of people in Europe just casually have the collar up kind of in a "messy" way, but what we're talking about is quite different. Here they're talking about a Polo brand shirt that's usually pink, yellow, orange, lime green or some other equally loud, bright color, with the collar up. It's a very Northeastern elitist/preppie look that young high school and college aged kids do. It screams, "look at me I'm desperately trying to be cool". I'm guessing you all don't think of it in the same way in Germany.
It's just a dumb fad that's been around for a couple months, it's kinda dumb when you see alot of kids doing that and thinking they are "cool", because they think they look alittle bit "cooler" when there collar is up. And this goes for the middle part of the shirt tucked in and the rest hanging out... all stupid trends and ways people think they look "cool." Kids man...
i've practically got a rainbow selection of polos..... lots of pastels, and that's the way i like it. my lime green polo paired with my lavender vineyard vines shorts w/ the 6" inseam.... mawwvelous!
"Wearing Your Collar Down is for Poor People. When I get out of business school, I'm going to be making $120,000 a year. Add that to my trust fund, and I can buy a country club membership, a ski house, and still have enough money to go barhopping around the city in my designer clothes and ****-eating grin. Maybe I'll offer you a hundred bucks to flip my collar up for me. I earned it you middle-class f*** up. I bet you went to public school." While you waste your money on depreciable assets, I'll be putting it into growth stocks and securitized bonds. Then meanwhile I'll live off my measly $250K salary that I get from investment banking without business school you dip****.
I'm currently wearing khaki cargo shorts and a polo shirt. for the hell of it, i'm going to pop my collar up while taking my new H3 to the movie theater tonight. maybe people will laugh and point. I can't wait.
I interned at Smith Barney this summer. Where did you work? A Blockbuster? That's right you insignificant sack of dog****; I'm going to be your boss. So take your t-shirt wearing, financial aid, blue-collar ass over to Blockbuster and get me a copy of Old School. Do you even own a tuxedo?
