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For years I shunned polo shirts because the standard cotton-piqu\u00e9 type (Lacoste, 1970s) was always just a little bit too heavy, and the cut of the women’s style was somehow too restrictive. (Something to do with the armholes, you know.) Of course you could always buy a larger size, but that was like wearing a men’s: baggy, totally unbecoming.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>And the good ones were always so expensive. I remember how in the original novel Jaws<\/em> the chief remembers how badly he wanted a Lacoste shirt, like the ones the summer people at Nantucket wore. But his mother sneered, called the Lacoste polo a “two-dollar shirt with a ten-dollar alligator,” or something like that. I guess this was supposed to be back in the 40s or 50s, but it was pretty funny to read in the early 70s, when Lacostes already cost about $30.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The best-made polos I’ve seen these days\u00a0are from Fred Perry. Their detailing is perfect and everyone looks good in them. Alas, they too are a bit heavy, and quite expensive (around $90 most places).<\/p>\n

I think the theory is that they last forever, and soften up after many wears and washing, and after you’ve had them many years you don’t care what you paid.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>They are an investment, in other words, like a $200 Mason Pearson hairbrush that lasts a lifetime, provided you don’t lose it. Myself, I’ve never dared “invest” in a Mason Pearson brush.<\/p>\n

But I’ve found a new source for polo shirts, and it may surprise you. It’s Vistaprint<\/a>, the online company that makes you business cards and letterheads. Not only can they sell you a polo for about $25, they’ll even embroider your insignia onto it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I toyed around with their site recently, inventing country clubs and yacht clubs with funny names. Finally I settled on a navy polo bearing a black-sun logo and the words BLACK SUN YACHT CLUB.<\/p>\n

I’m told yachting shirts are almost never black, as they absorb the sun, but that just makes the whole thing funnier!<\/p>\n

Really, take a look at this mockup: obviously it’s not as detailed as a Fred Perry, with Fred’s\u00a0contrasty trim at collar and sleeves. But you do have the choice of many makes and fabrics, including some in dry-fit tech synthetics. And you can get the personalized shirt embroidered and shipped to you in a week or so, all for under $30.<\/p>\n

What I really want though, now, is a sleeveless polo dress<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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