https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:22:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1481111 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:59:48 +0000 catgirl 1481111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ethel, I see Rachy has some competition for resident comedienne. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1481108 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:58:09 +0000 rachylou 1481108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol, <b>Ethel</b>.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1481089 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:28:40 +0000 Iron Ethel Flint 1481089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So many similar experiences and feelings--I'll sing with the chorus about the preppy associations.</p> <p>However, polo shirts were always my "go to" for dentist's appointments, going out to eat with controlling/dysfunctional parents, etc. so it's nice to know that they aren't a total anachronism and that they actually express the message I intend to convey which is:</p> <p>"I have to wear this stupid shirt because somebody is going to hurt me if I don't."</p> <p>Will I buy some? Probably. Will I like wearing them? Of course not.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1481061 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:54:00 +0000 Gail 1481061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind them, but they have to be tailored not boxy and have a nice sleeve. Having said that I have two which do not have those attributes which I never wear !</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1481000 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:18:20 +0000 Author Linda 1481000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh, people mostly dislike polos, don't they? They aren't my favorite look or anything, but I do wear them on occasion. I like them in soft fabric and soft colors (NO logos!) and worn with either jeans or white pants. They're strictly a summer look for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480993 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:59:07 +0000 Jeweled 1480993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Rachy</b>, I'm doubled over laughing at your "bagged out, pea soup green polo potbellied professionals get from Costco and destroy in the wash".&nbsp; That just tickled my funny bone. Thanks for the laugh!&nbsp; :)&nbsp; :)&nbsp; :)&nbsp; :)&nbsp; :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480949 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:41:37 +0000 sandra 1480949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like polos at all, specially those made of that classic polo fabric Lacoste and others use. Not for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480786 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:05:43 +0000 rachylou 1480786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Right. Never say never. They call this below a polo, and I like it.</p> <p>Also, I do have an appreciation for the long, baggy white ghetto polo on men. But they do have to be ghetto rats. This is a crisp baggy and sharp white, not the bagged out, pea soup green polo potbellied professionals get from Costco and destroy in the wash.</p> <p>Also, all y'all may think the potbelly comes first. This is not so. You get it FROM the destroyed polo... <i>Mwaha</i>... ahaha! </p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480773 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:49:55 +0000 Jeweled 1480773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have never looked good in that type of collar - so no polos, no traditional button-downs for me.&nbsp; And like many others here, I had to wear a polo shirt uniform at my first job, in the early 1980's.&nbsp; So it also feels "work uniform" to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480725 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 02:31:04 +0000 Niki Lea 1480725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They remind me <i>way</i> too much of every service industry job I ever had as a young adult and the uniforms we wore, all with khaki pants.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480719 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 02:11:25 +0000 rachylou 1480719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mm. I should say I wear a shrunken polo at the bakery in school summertime, for full disclosure. But I may have finally said no to that very last one and donated it. Can't remember. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480713 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 02:00:59 +0000 karymk 1480713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Deb, I'm all in. &nbsp;I bought the white terry cloth men's polo at Uniqlo yesterday, as well as a very fun multi striped one that is color blocked (crazy!) from Uniqlo.</p> <p>Haven't worn yet, but am thinking of ways to make sure I'm hip, not frumpy.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480688 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 01:03:23 +0000 catgirl 1480688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a no.&nbsp; Too much flashback to prepster high for me.&nbsp; Same with rugby shirts - those j. crew striped rugby shirts with collar popped were NOT a good look for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480686 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 01:01:28 +0000 Aquamarine 1480686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm...I overdosed on them about 10 years ago so I don't know if I can go there again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480658 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:11:00 +0000 Anonymous 1480658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sure if it was something that I had had to wear for work in the past I would feel differently, but there are some polo shirts I've liked wearing in the past. One polo shirt that I wore a fair amount a few summers ago, was black, soft, longer and a bit oversized. If I remember correctly, I wore it with light blue denim shorts or khaki cargo pants and gladiator sandals - so not really a preppy look overall. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480646 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:19:37 +0000 tulle 1480646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Never, ever ever.&nbsp; And&nbsp; it's not that I mind preppy stuff so much, though it mostly doesn't suit me.&nbsp; It's just that I find polo shirts way too conservative, graceless, and boring (except on polo players!) Completely unfeminine look--I do hope they won't be coming back in a big way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480058 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 14:39:16 +0000 Lavinia 1480058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, that's interesting to see that they are avoided by so many. Am I safe to assume though that this is more of a cultural thing?</p> <p>I am not from the USA, and do not associate polos with preppy (as that concept doesn't exist in that form in my neck of the woods), sporty or work uniforms. But I think we have different concept of pollos. The ones I own are&nbsp;fitted &nbsp;and show off my curves.&nbsp;</p> <p>That said, I am partial to anything with a collar. It is weird though - I have an average-length neck but it always seems that colars seem to elongate it. Kind of counter-intuititve, no? I also love me a mandarin collar and love my turtlenecks.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480018 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:03:02 +0000 Karie 1480018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a touch of the preppy gene but I like polo shirts in small doses and I'm very fussy about them. I find the fit hard to get right - they always seem to flop out in the front waist/hip area which makes for an unattractive side view.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1480011 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:55:11 +0000 retailgirl 1480011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Preppy and proud of it! I always have polos in my wardrobe. I like the more fitted type. They make a great layer under a cotton crew neck sweater. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479962 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 05:15:58 +0000 Dixie 1479962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479958 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 04:27:28 +0000 Echo 1479958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For some reason I have always thought of polos as a men's style. And they far too often have a business name embroidered on the upper left portion of the shirt. I dislike the style, and I associate it with men's business-issued shirts/uniforms. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479953 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 03:52:17 +0000 rachylou 1479953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like to look at them in Tommy Hilfiger ads. But I don't like wearing them. Something about the collar maybe. Or floppy fabric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479876 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 00:09:37 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1479876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a wide selection of Izod / Lacoste polos to wear with my Gloria Vanderbilt jeans in the early 80s. Then after going through prep school, I was thoroughly sick of polo shirts so I stopped wearing them. But in the later 80s I resurrected a white polo, no logo, to wear with Jams men's print board shorts in the spring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479865 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:51:03 +0000 Angie 1479865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Generally not a fan - although I wore La Coste shirts with a popped collar in the '80s. In fact, Greg and I wore matching ones.&nbsp;</p> <p>AND I have this amazing black gauze polo shirt that Iove from Elie Tahari.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479836 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 22:24:35 +0000 Chiara 1479836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like fitted, long polos better than t-shirts (on me), as I look better with something focusing on the neck/shoulder but they have to be long bodied, boxy shapes don't work at all.<br />That said, they still have a whiff of matron on the golf course about them, which I somehow can't reconcile with my own style. My aunt, however (who is an <u>extremely</u> classic dresser) wears them with pearls (yes!!!) and looks great in them. She totally rocks matron at golf! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479833 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 22:09:56 +0000 Staysfit 1479833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They remind me too much of that most traumatic time of my life - &nbsp;when I was doing overnight in the hospital call. &nbsp;Grab a Polo, grab a pair of scrub bottoms and put on the lab coat. &nbsp;Ready for rounds. &nbsp;Ugh! &nbsp;Never ever again! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479782 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:48:21 +0000 Anonymous 1479782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, lots of strong feelings about the label "preppy"!<br />I can't say I'm much into the country club scene but I'm not against conservative or traditional styles of clothing, especially since they're often available in high quality fabrics and constructions.<br />All of these "styles" including preppy are stronger expressions when you have multiple items going on at once.&nbsp;<br />On the right person, with the right additional components they can look fresh and a little more dressed than a t shirt and the collar can be flattering too.<br />There's a sport/casual element to polos that I like too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479781 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:46:48 +0000 Carole 1479781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not the best look for me so I will be passing on this one! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479734 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:31:15 +0000 deb 1479734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ummlila, that is a nice polo. I wonder how it look on IRL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/polo-shirts---how-do-you-feel-about-them/page/2#post-1479731 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:29:00 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1479731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>there was a thing about polo shirts on Who What Wear today. I was tempted by this one that was featured. I thought it would be nice with my culotte/ wide leg cropped pants. </p>