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Friday, March 29, 2024

Reap the Benefits of the Polo Tee for Work and Play

Polo tees are beginning to take over the workplace as well as the playing fields and courts of the world. These simple, short-sleeved collared shorts were revolutionary when they were first invented back in the 1920s by Rene Lacoste. They were also an immediate hit in later years when Lacoste formed a clothing company and started marketing them to the general public. 

Lacoste invented the polo tee as a welcome alternative to the stuffy and restrictive tennis fashions of the time. Men typically wore a traditional uniform of white long-sleeve trousers and a white, long-sleeved dress shirt with a buttoned collar. Lacoste found the shirt particularly uncomfortable and unveiled his new creation at the 1926 U.S. Open championship.  

The players of other sports saw the much preferable polo tee and started wearing it in their own sports. Polo was one…

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