Description

Casual Polo Shirts:

Polo shirts are usually made of knitted cotton (rather than woven cloth), usually a knit, or less commonly an interlock knit (the latter used frequently, though not exclusively, with Pima cotton polos), or using other fibers such as silk, merino wool, synthetic fibers, or blends of natural and synthetic fibers. A dress-length version of the shirt is called a polo dress.

Tennis players ordinarily wore “tennis whites” consisting of long-sleeved white button-up shirts (worn with the sleeves rolled up), flannel trousers, and ties. This attire presented problems for ease of play and comfort.

Polo Shirts was designed a white, short-sleeved, loosely-knit piqué cotton (called the cotton weave jersey petit piqué) shirt with an unstarched, flat, protruding collar, a buttoned placket, and a shirt-tail longer in the back than in front (known today as a “tennis tail”)

Types Of Casual Polo Shirts:

• The short, cuffed sleeves solved the tendency of long sleeves to roll down.
• The soft collar could be loosened easily by unbuttoning the placket.
• The piqué collar could be worn upturned to protect the neck skin from the sun.
• The jersey knit piqué cotton breathed and was more durable.
• The “tennis tail” prevented the shirt from pulling out of the wearer’s trousers or shorts.

The definition of the uniform of polo players: The polo shirt and a pair of white trousers is actually a fairly recent addition to the sport.

The Polo Shirts were generally very plain, with no numbers, writing or logos. Which simply pinned on to the back of the player’s shirts a few minutes before the start of a match. To differentiate the polo teams from one another, some polo shirts had horizontal stripes, others bore diagonal colored stripes.