13/02/2021
About Polo shirts [Part 1]
Polo shirts that are also known as collar shirts are now massif users and worn by various circles, ranging from the upper middle class with various brands of polo shirts that have been worldwide at premium prices as well as the lower middle class who use polo shirts. This collar shirt is also often used for promotional media by various companies with various fields to convey the message to their consumers.
In the past, this collar shirt was only used for sports, but other than today, where polo shirts have penetrated the fashion world and used on numerous occasions. Sports activities certainly require clothing that supports movement and performance in doing various movements, clothes that are not suitable for certain sports will certainly hinder the athlete in moving. But behind the trend, do you already know the history of polo shirts? this time Wadezig! try to discuss the history of polo shirts and their development
The word polo begins when the players sport polo. A football-like team sport, where a team uses a horse as a 'vehicle' and carries a long-waisted hammer used to hit a small white ball and score a goal against an opponent. At that time, the polo players wore shirts that had long sleeves and button collars, and made of a material called Oxford-cloth. The hallmark of this collared shirt is then the characteristic of polo shirts, especially after one of the grocery vendors and a polo player from Argentina produced this type of collar shirt by embroidering the logo of the polo player on the chest of each collar shirt.
After that there was Ralph Lauren who also produced this collar shirt and also added the logo of the polo player on the clothes he produced, from which the term polo shirt or polo shirt was then widespread and became the main feature of collared shirts. Aside from the sport of polo collar shirts is also a trend in the world of tennis, around the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tennis apparel is not very comfortable, long-sleeved shirts are rolled up, there are buttons, then flannel pants and ties..cont.