The creater eof the polo shirt is Rene Lacoste ( The famous Tennis player and founder of the brand Lacoste) when he found that the Tennis attire at the time was " cumbersome" and uncofterble, He designed a white short sleved top with loosly knight Pique cotton with a unstarched flat protruding collar with a buttoned placket,and a longer shirt taikl at the back in back then front which was known at the time as a tennis tail.
He first wore this design at the 1921US Open championship, At the start of 1927 he introduced a Crocodile emblam since the american press started calling him "The Alligator".
Here is the humble beginings of the polo shirt and infact the brand Lacoste at the time and while most of Lacoste's items are called " Tennis shirts" the actual term for polo shirt came from Ralph Lauren, and in doing so the public started calling Lacostes tennis shirts polo shirts....
Looks great in Summer on its own and under a crewkneck or v-neck with conventionaly layerd clothing in the winter/spring.
Rene Lacoste and Ralph Lauren who designed which would become a fashion and wardrobe staple.
The humble polo shirt,though humble,but my favorite
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