[Closed] Polo Tops...

Surely the middle classed gent just asks the au pair to pop down to Boden?

Workwear for me.

And me.
Pink, well more of a bright fuscia really.

Top tip.
Try on a Polo shirt.
If you like it, buy it.
🙂

Baggy = No
Fitted = Yes
Turned up collar = Get Outta Here, you ain't welcome anymore, now go, walk out the door, don't turn around now... You........

I hope you didn't have this in mind..

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Middle class style wear du jour?

Maybe the lower echelons; I'd say a shirt is still the standard 😉

Not that you'd catch me wearing either, I prefer T-shirts.

could my son wear a polo top to his interview?

[url= ]Definitely attire that sends out a message of who you are.[/url] 😆
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Plain, single colour polo - Acceptable.
Polo with any sort of logo - Unacceptable, unless it's a...
Polo with numbers - Acceptable, if you played in it.
Polo with waffle about "Elephant Polo" - Unacceptable.

Nothing intrinsic in a Polo - it runs the whole spectrum of demographics ..

Polo with numbers - Acceptable, if you played in it.
Polo with waffle about "Elephant Polo" - Unacceptable.

What if you have played Elephant Polo?

You shouldn't have.

Plain, single colour polo - Acceptable.

What if you have played Elephant Polo?

As above, they can be cool, they can be naff.

Numbers never cool, obvs.

Never liked them. Just seem like a weird halfway house between a shirt and a T-shirt.

Sunspel FTW...

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Anyone wearing a polo shirt is a cock. Fact.
If it has a popped collar. That's an open invitation to punch them in the face.

What CFH said, except tiny, tiny or very subtle logos have to be acceptable. Limits the options otherwise, to pretty much nil.

Anyone wearing a polo shirt is a cock. Fact.

WOW!!

tiny, tiny or very subtle logos have to be acceptable.

Begrudgingly, yes. So, a Fred Perry logo the same colour as the shirt, for example? Or, as above, the branded buttons on a Sunspel? Yes. Acceptable.

Silly crocodiles? Nope.

M&S used to do a brilliant one, plain, decent colours, well made,lasted forever.

Then, M&S stopped making clothes any human would actually wear and turned into a cross between Waitrose and Primark.

Snappers aside, obviously.

I ask because I like the Crew plain ones. I think with jeans brown shoes and the Stw de facto Seiko they are pretty good middle age yet fashionable attire

Polos & boots = accepted
Polos & brown shoes = nope
Polos & trainers (white, Adidas/Nike/Asics) on a council estate = accepted, in normal life = nope
Polos & flipflops, on a beach = accepted, 100mtrs away from the beach = nope

Smedley do some very pleasant looking subtle fitted Polos, extremely well made in quality material .. accepted

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Bikebuoy do post up a full list of rules please, and more pics like that, it's fantastic.

His rulws are wrong though. Polo tops and white trainers? Ok if you live in Glossop i suppose

My 3yo would look very cute in that outfit, but otherwise WTF???

Remember to make sure you can fit your name badge on it....

YouTubes yer friend, there is a channel devoted to the Polo Shirt......

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Hes got my Tag on, hes copied my style the bastard.

At risk of repeating myself....
Polo fitted = accepted
Polo Baggy = nope

Glad to have helped you all.

I agree with that. Slim fit for me.

on and on - Member 
Anyone wearing a polo shirt is a cock. Fact.
If it has a popped collar. That's an open invitation to punch them in the face.

This. Maybe a Fred Perry if you are a skinhead and it's thirty years ago but otherwise no

Kryton57 - Member
His rulws are wrong though. Polo tops and white trainers? Ok if you live in Glossop i suppose

How very dare you sir

Spoil sport

He doesn't make the rules, and he's often wrong. But y'know, if you need some-one to tell you how to dress, crack on... 😆

I too wear polos for work. As for that photo bikebouy posted - he's the sort who makes on and on think polo wearers are cocks. A cardigan over a fully buttoned up polo FFS?

I do. I'm not.

😉

Just had an email. My new polo top collection will be delivered today.

Nice.

in your head, maybe... 🙂

I quite like the superdry ones.

Can't beat a Slazenger polo for work! 😀

Dirt cheap and I don't mind if they get wrecked.

Always hated them, just have vivid nightmares about cheap, plasticy workwear with a badly embroidered logo that has sticky out bits of plastic thread on the back that scratches your nipple all day.

I cannot even comprehend that there may be a comfy polo shirt in existence.

These are. Acceptable to be worn casually in the office or with jeans and shoes on a night out. I think polo tops make a statement beyond t shirts in the level class, but arent as formal as shirts

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@JeansAndSheux on Twitter.

Polo jeans and brown shoes ffs

Cant see the issue myself

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As for that photo bikebouy posted - he's the sort who makes on and on think polo wearers are cocks.

I can't work out if he has a really small body or a mahoosive head.

(The guy in the photo I mean.)

They ^^ are boots, I said Polo Shirts & Boots are acceptable.

This thread is funny

Cant see the issue myself

He's missing about 50 tattoos, must be a photo from the 80s...

That fella looks like a golf club.

Simple google polo shirt - popped collar. Look at the pictures and tell me how many of those guys you'd go for a beer with VS how many you'd like to kick in the vagina.

Obviously only look for a maximum of 20 seconds or you'll probably smash your device from "polo rage"

He's missing about 50 tattoos,

No military Seiko either...

Middle class? I'd put my house on the fact that every single bell end involved in the kick off at Chelski, West Ham last night was wearing a Ralph Lauren polo shirt.

I once bought a box of navy blue polo shirts at an auction about 10 years ago. Everybody thought I only got one shirt ;).

They are only just running out.

20 odd shirts for £14.

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Middle class? I'd put my house on the fact that every single bell end involved in the kick off at Chelski, West Ham last night was wearing a Ralph Lauren polo shirt.

Sorry Binners, but everyone is Middle Class* these days..

* mainly Lower Middle Class ;-).

Popped collar and tucked in. A new level of bellendery

At 42 years of age ... a t-shirt without a collar is only for wearing under v-neck jumpers, on the beach or poolside. And so, a t-shirt with a collar is for all other casual scenarios.

It's important to note any badge, emblem or graphic on either type t-shirt is buffoonery for a man of substance.

How do you not know this?

My rules..

One of the spectrum - Cotton Traders (usually matched with what the wearer would call "Slacks") = BIG NO.

Middle of spectrum, I have some Fred Perry and Trojan Records polo shirts, single colour, small logo - Semi-smart for work, going out = YES

Other end of spectrum - Joules, etc - BIG NO, if the collar is turned up, then free reign to slap them savagely..

haha alot of grumpy old men on here..

I think with jeans brown [s]shoes[/s][b]boots or smart pumps[/b] and the Stw de facto Seiko they are pretty good middle age yet fashionable attire

I agree. The thing is that I have three Seikos, which one am I allowed to wear?

At 42 years of age ...

A mere youngster!

I pretty much wear T-shirts and shorts every day regardless of the situation, work, home, social, gardening, gym, etc

Although, sadly, I will have to don a suit next week for some C level meetings with customers...

Chavs like them

When a man hits 40 he should seriously reconsider the continued wearing of t-shirts in any situation that does not involve a beach.

When a man hits 40 he should seriously reconsider the continued wearing of t-shirts in any situation that does not involve a beach.

Considered... Nope... Carry on. 🙂

At 42 years of age ... a t-shirt without a collar is only for wearing under v-neck jumpers, on the beach or poolside. And so, a t-shirt with a collar is for all other casual scenarios.

It's important to note any badge, emblem or graphic on either type t-shirt is buffoonery for a man of substance.

Yup. I'm 44 so perhaps its a demographic thing.

footflaps - Member

...for some C level meetings....

oooh check out Mr Middle Class Bigshot... 😉

I'm trying to work out what possible relevance this conversation could possibly have to anybody or anything anywhere in the entire universe...

Nope.... nothing

Carry on 🙂

Polo’s are acceptable if worn tucked in and stretched over a corpulent middle aged belly and topped off with a baseball/truckers cap with a monogram of a city you can’t point to on a map and a sports team you can’t name any members of.
its a popular look.

Aren't we due the annual "what slipper thread" ?
That should give us an idea of who the 5-10 wearing plebs are and the "old duffers" with polo shirts.

I think there was a thread about Crocs a while ago. Surely there must be an algorithm we can run to profile these people.

If you're over 40. Decent quality jeans. And a white T is all you need most of the time.
Only jewellery should be a wedding band and a nice watch. ( by nice I mean non beaten up - not nessesary expensive )

NOTE- the only thing worse than a polo is a pleblon replica footy shirt.

If you're over 40. Decent quality jeans. And a white T is all you need most of the time.

It is no longer the 1980's and you were never Nick Kamen.

😀

on and on - Member

Decent quality jeans. And a white T is all you need most of the time.

You are the Fonz and I claim my £5

If you're over 40. Decent quality jeans. And a white T is all you need most of the time.

You are Simon Cowell and I claim my primetime Saturday Night slot on ITV 😉

My work security badge 🙂

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Begrudgingly, yes. So, a Fred Perry logo the same colour as the shirt, for example? Or, as above, the branded buttons on a Sunspel? Yes. Acceptable.

Thats a bit subtle isn't it? How will customers know I work in PC World / B&Q /4-in-1 ChickenKebabPizzaCurry if the logo is the same colour as the shirt?

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When you get to 40 it's a fine line between cool and cock. Tats , adidas classics, polos, military style watches, caps , replica team kit, should all lead to waterboarding.

Says the man in a plain white t shirt.

Ya could go preppy..if in work and you [i]are[/i] wearing jeans, keep the shirt untucked.. make sure it's ironed too.

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This is one of the coolest, neatest looking blokes out there ATM.

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Unbutton shirt in daylight hours 😯

No sir