When is a Polo Shirt not a Polo Shirt?
The most interesting thing about the polo shirt is that it wasn’t worn by people who played polo. What the early polo players actually wore were the undershirts which they wore under their hunting clothes in the winter; collarless, long sleeved and typically made from knitted wool or cotton, in style they were very much like our current Henley.
Why then are polo shirts called polo shirts?
The shirt we now know as the polo shirt was developed and popularised by French tennis champion René Lacoste, who started a company to produce them in France in 1933. Worn by the best player of the day they went on to become a staple of the tennis world. In 1952 British great Fred Perry launched his now iconic version of the shirt and the tennis shirt remained the tennis shirt until the early 1970’s.
It was then that US designer Ralph Lauren, never one for letting historical accuracy stand in the way of a good story, launched his Polo clothing line, called his version of the tennis classic the Polo shirt. Thanks to Ralph’s, and Polo’s, enormous success the name stuck.
The Community Clothing polo shirt harks back to that original tennis design, with a knitted collar and sleeve, pure cotton breathable knitted piquet fabric, and the classic button placket construction. Ours are cut and sewn in a factory in Leicester which only produces polo shirts, and does so for one of the world’s best known polo shirt brands, with the piquet fabric knitted right next door in a purpose built mill dedicated to making that one fabric.
Not all polo shirts are the same, and we are confident that the quality of our shirts speaks for itself, and hold up to any comparison. We don’t think you can buy a polo shirt this good for anything like this price.
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When is a Polo Shirt not a Polo Shirt?
The most interesting thing about the polo shirt is that it wasn’t worn by people who played polo. What the early polo players actually wore were the undershirts which they wore under their hunting clothes in the winter; collarless, long sleeved and typically made from knitted wool or cotton, in style they were very much like our current Henley.
Why then are polo shirts called polo shirts?
The shirt we now know as the polo shirt was developed and popularised by French tennis champion René Lacoste, who started a company to produce them in France in 1933. Worn by the best player of the day they went on to become a staple of the tennis world. In 1952 British great Fred Perry launched his now iconic version of the shirt and the tennis shirt remained the tennis shirt until the early 1970’s.
It was then that US designer Ralph Lauren, never one for letting historical accuracy stand in the way of a good story, launched his Polo clothing line, called his version of the tennis classic the Polo shirt. Thanks to Ralph’s, and Polo’s, enormous success the name stuck.
The Community Clothing polo shirt harks back to that original tennis design, with a knitted collar and sleeve, pure cotton breathable knitted piquet fabric, and the classic button placket construction. Ours are cut and sewn in a factory in Leicester which only produces polo shirts, and does so for one of the world’s best known polo shirt brands, with the piquet fabric knitted right next door in a purpose built mill dedicated to making that one fabric.
Not all polo shirts are the same, and we are confident that the quality of our shirts speaks for itself, and hold up to any comparison. We don’t think you can buy a polo shirt this good for anything like this price.
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