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Everything about polo shirts that isn’t a how-to or a product pick: where the shirt came from, how piqué actually differs from jersey, when a polo works with a blazer and when it doesn’t, and why fit advice that works for one build fails for another. Background reading for anyone who wants to buy and wear polos better.

The History of the Polo Shirt

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The polo shirt is named after a sport it was never designed for. It was invented for tennis, by a tennis player who was tired of what tennis players had to wear — and it only acquired the name it has today because an American designer chose it as a brand. That confusion is worth …

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