Description

Polo Shirts:

Polo shirts are usually made of knitted cotton (rather than woven cloth), usually, a Piqué 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

Golf shirts are commonly made out of polyester, cotton-polyester blends, or mercerized cotton. The placket typically holds three or four buttons and consequently extends lower than the typical polo neckline. The collar is typically fabricated using a stitched double-layer of the same fabric used to make the shirt, in contrast to a polo shirt collar, which is usually one-ply ribbed knit cotton. Golf shirts often have a pocket on the left side, to hold a scorepad and pencil, and may not bear a logo there.

• 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.