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Sunday, May 21, 2023

Ralph Lauren Polo Shirts

Photo by Salt Water New England

Taking out the polo shirts. Best colors and collars.  Shrink like mad, though.  Mostly bought in the late 1980s.  

12 comments:

  1. I visited the RL shop in Palm Desert a few days ago. First time in an RL shop in over a decade. Picked up a couple of polos. Beautiful colours. Washed and dried them right away. The XL was a bit smock-like on me when I bought it, but the dryer made it fit perfectly. I've been wearing BB polos for years, but, like everything BB, the quality has been in severe decline. Bought a couple of of Lacostes before I came out here. The shrank horizontally, so I now have some expensive halter tops. So, I'm old and exhausted, and may give RL a chance again, since everyone else has let me down lately.

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  2. I always was my RL polos in cold water and hang to dry. Even then, I noticed the polos I bought over a decade ago have shrunk slightly.

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    1. Most things I bought over a decade ago feel like they have shrunk slightly....but that could be that I have expanded.

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  3. I love my RL polo shirts. I have them in just about every color and when they do break, I use them for gardening or working on the boat. I also have polos from gant, Lacoste etc but i love the RL. i will be 50 soon and have been wearing them since i was a teenager. Only my barbour jackets have been with me longer.

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  4. Big fan of the horse but I prefer Chemise Lacoste, bought my first at Brooks Brothers back in the 1960s.

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  5. Southern Tide makes a great cotton polo! Peter Millar and the Ralph Lauren RLX are made of the wicking sweat material that I prefer these days and they don’t wrinkle or shrink!

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  6. The RL polos, the Lacoste polos, and the Brooks polos are, to me, incredibly similar in both quality and fit. I tend to prefer the crocodile or the fleece logo. They're also the only shirts I absolutely must throw in the dryer: For some reason, they all easily take on a mildew smell if I let them hang dry. Shrinkage varies between brands. I find that Lacoste shrinks the most, with RL not far behind, and Brooks the least.

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    1. The RL always seem to fit my broad shoulders a bit better!

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  7. Found the Musto pique cotton polo some yars ago, and that is now my go-to...

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  8. The Ralph polos I bought in the past few years all seem to acquire a weird roll to the collar after a few washes. I always wash in cold water water and hang them to dry. When they are almost dry, I put them in the dryer on low heat for 10 minutes then fold them. The ones from Brooks, Ben Silver, and other makers don’t have the same problem with the collars. Also I note that you can’t get all cotton from Brooks anymore.

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  9. What about t shirts? Where do readers of this blog shop for those?

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