When I think of polo shirts, I usually think of playing golf. Polo shirts definitely have a solid purpose. I'd much rather wear a polo shirt in the place of a shirt and tie, especially during semi-formal functions that are outdoors. I'd never actually wear a polo without a specific purpose though...
I hate to admit - but this is the internet - I'm wearing a plum colored Polo today. Just goes to show you that I'm secure in my manhood - at least that is what my wife says...
On a related note... What is up with Lacoste these days. All of a sudden they are mainstream, and their polo shirts are 70 bucks a piece.
It's not the fact that he's wearing a polo shirt that is wrong with this picture. Main problems with this picture: 1) Collar has a different color than the shirt. 2) Strange logo. 3) Shirt is tucked in (I disagree with mleahy999). 4) Cheapo-looking watch. 5) Moustache. 6) Face.
The polo is OK. More comfortable than a button down in my opinion although I wear both. Now 2 polos at one time with the collars up on both... well that is down right 1985.
B-bob, It is clear that you are in the *extreme* minority on this issue. For you to insinuate that polo shirts are 'the mullet of shirts' is beyond offensive. You disgust me. I wear polo shirts almost exclusively on the weekends because I have the freedom to choose. It is my right as an American to wear them. Neither you, your your lunatic fringe liberals can deny me this right. As a clothes-buying citizen, I have *earned* the right to strut my stuff in my numerous solid colored polo shirts. They are true staples in the Trader_Jorge fashion-yet-comfort-conscious wardrobe. Hardworking people devote their entire lives to the manufacturing and marketing of these shirts. We must not deny these people their livelihood by boycotting polo shirts. We must allow free market forces to run their course and provide for the most efficient social outcome. As difficult as this may be, I make myself *even sexier* by leaving the top button on the shirt undone so that the women can get a peak of their ultimate fantasy. The shaved chest.
In Europe, Lacoste is a little cheaper... Whereas Polo by Ralph Lauren is more expensive. I guess it's the price of importing it from France, that gouges us.
I have a nike A&M polo shirt as well. I have to say, I totally disagree with you on this one B-Bob my man. It's hot in texas, so I don't wear full button shirts very often and I get tired of t-shirts, polos are the most versatile shirt on the market today.
Oski, I'm just having fun, but I have to ask: short sleeve button down? Seems more honest to me. And if Trader_J thinks *one* button undone is sexy, you should see how sexy I am when I walk around with *five* undone (that's me on the right there, pre-unbuttoning; I just found some hot chicks with my suave binocs). And then this leads to a great question: how excited would a lover be to unbutton those puny few buttons at the top of a guy's polo? Where's that gonna lead? "Oooo. I just love to touch the upper reaches of a manly man's ... sternum!"
I don't know, even without the non functional binoculars, that dude still looks like a wannabe explorer. What are those shirts made out of? They look like you'd be screwed if you ran out of undershirts on a hot day is what they look like.
They're cotton, but it's definitely the type to show big ol' sweat stains. So that's a good point. In SF, I can go sans undershirt and not worry about sweat. So the weather factor is a worthwhile point, unlike this thread itself. I still say you could engineer your life to not run out of undershirts. My binocs are not fake, by the way.
