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A polo shirt, originally called a tennis shirt and also known as a golf shirt, is a T-shaped shirt with a collar, typically two or three buttons down a slit below the collar, two small slits on the bottom of either side, and an optional pocket. more...

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A zipper may substitute for buttons, or neither may be present. Polo shirts are usually made of knitted cloth (rather than woven cloth), usually pique cotton or, less commonly, silk, merino wool, or synthetic fibers. Long-sleeved shirts with polo collars also exist.

History

History of the tennis shirt

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tennis players ordinarily wore "tennis whites" consisting of long-sleeved white button-up shirts (worn with the sleeves rolled up), flannel trousers, and ties. As one might expect, this attire presented several problems for ease of play and comfort on the court.

René Lacoste, the French 7-time Grand Slam tennis champion, was very keen to these problems. He decided that the stiff tennis attire of the day were simply too cumbersome and uncomfortable for the tennis court. Instead, he designed a white, short-sleeved, loosely-knit piqué cotton (he called the cotton weave jersey petit piqué) shirt with an un-starched, flat protruding collar, a buttoned placket, and a longer shirt-tail in back than in front (known today as a "tennis tail"; see below), which he first wore at the 1926 U.S. Open championship. Beginning in 1927, Lacoste placed a crocodile emblem on the left breast of his shirts, as the American press had begun to refer to him as "the alligator," a nickname which he embraced.

Lacoste's design mitigated the problems which the old, traditional tennis attire created: the short, cuffed sleeves solved the cumbersome tendency of long-sleeves to roll down; the soft collar easily could be loosened by un-buttoning the placket, the piqué collar easily could be worn upturned in order to block the sun from one's neck; jersey knit piqué cotton breathed; and the "tennis tail" prevented the shirt from pulling out of the wearer's trousers or shorts.

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