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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. They are usually made of knitted cloth (rather than woven cloth), usually pique cotton or, less commonly, silk, merino wool, or synthetic fibers. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (796x1054, 618 KB) Summary Lacoste tennis (polo) shirt, as worn by myself ラコステãƒãƒã‚·ãƒ£ãƒ„（テニスシャツã¨ã‚‚ã„ã†ï¼‰ Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tennis shirt Lacoste (company) ...
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Tweed loom, Harris, 2004 Woven sheet Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth. ...
pique Pique refers to a weaving style, as in pique cotton, which is characterized by raised parallel cords or fine ribbing (for example, in the collar of a polo shirt or tennis shirt). ...
Silk dresses Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. ...
Unshorn merino sheep. ...
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Synthetic fibers are the result of extensive research by scientists to increase and improve upon the supply of naturally occurring animal and plant fibers that have been used in making cloth and rope. ...
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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.[1][2][3][4] As one might expect, this attire presented several problems for ease of play and comfort on the court.[5][6] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste (July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was a famous French tennis player, businessman, and innovator, nicknamed the crocodile by fans; he is now mostly known as being the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929. ...
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Germanic trousers of the 4th century found in the Thorsberg moor, Germany Early use of trousers in France: a sans-culotte by Louis-Léopold Boilly. ...
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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.[7] 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.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12][13][14] René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste (July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was a famous French tennis player, businessman, and innovator, nicknamed the crocodile by fans; he is now mostly known as being the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929. ...
In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ...
pique Pique refers to a weaving style, as in pique cotton, which is characterized by raised parallel cords or fine ribbing (for example, in the collar of a polo shirt or tennis shirt). ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
 Logo of Chemise Lacoste, the company René Lacoste founded to sell his tennis shirt 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.[15][16][17] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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William Shakespeare in a sheer linen collar of the early 17th century, a direct ancestor of the modern shirt collar. ...
A tennis shirt with an upturned collar An upturned collar is an otherwise flat, protruding collar of either a shirt, jacket, or coat that has been turned upward. ...
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In 1933, after retiring from professional tennis, Lacoste teamed up with his friend and clothing merchandiser André Gillier, to market that shirt in Europe and North America.[18][19][20] Together, they formed the company Chemise Lacoste, and began selling their shirts - still including the small embroidered crocodile logo on the left breast.[21][22] Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Andre Gillier is a co-founder of the French apparel company Lacoste. ...
Application to polo and other sports
 Polo players in Jaipur wearing polo shirts Before Lacoste’s 1933 mass-marketing of his tennis shirt, polo players wore thick long-sleeve shirts made of Oxford-cloth cotton.[23][24] Interestingly, this shirt was the first to have a buttoned-down collar, which polo players invented in the late nineteenth century to keep their collars from flapping in the wind (Brooks Brothers's early president John Brooks noticed this while at a polo match in England, and began producing such a shirt in 1896).[25][26] Brooks Brothers still produces this style of button-down "polo shirt".[27] Still, like early tennis clothing, those clothes presented a discomfort on the field, and when polo players became aware of Lacoste’s invention in the 1930s they readily adopted it for use in polo.[28] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 103 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A game of Polo in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on...
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, Jaipur (Hindi: जयपà¥à¤°), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ...
Oxford refers to a type of weave employed to make the fabric in oxford shirts. ...
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Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ...
The term polo shirt, which previously only had referred to the long-sleeved buttoned-down shirts traditionally used in polo, soon became a universal moniker for the tennis shirt; no later than the 1950s, it was in common usage in the U.S. to describe the shirt most commonly thought-of as part of formal tennis attire. Indeed, tennis players often would refer to their shirt as a "polo shirt," notwithstanding the fact that their sport had used it long before polo did. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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In 1972, Ralph Lauren (when his name was still Ralph Lifschitz) included his "polo shirt" as a prominent part of his original line called Polo, thereby probably helping to further its already widespread popularity.[29] While not specifically geared for use by polo players, Lauren’s shirt imitated what by that time had become the normal attire for polo players.[30] As he desired to exude a certain "waspishness" in his clothes, initially adopting the style of clothiers like Brooks Brothers, J. Press, and "Savile Row"-style English clothing, he prominently included this attire from the "sport of kings" in his line, replete with a logo reminiscent of Lacoste’s crocodile emblem. This worked well as a marketing tool, for subsequently, due to the immense popularity of Lauren’s clothing, a majority of English-speaking westerners began to refer to Lacoste’s tennis shirt as a "polo shirt".[31] Still, "tennis shirt" remains a viable term for all uses of Lacoste’s basic design.[32] Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) is American fashion designer Ralph Laurens luxury lifestyle company. ...
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J. Press is a mens clothier in the United States. ...
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Over the latter half of the twentieth century, as standard clothing in golf became more casual, the tennis shirt became adopted nearly universally as standard golf attire.[33][34] Very few golfers today wear anything else.[35] Moreover, producing Lacoste’s "tennis shirt" in various golf cuts has resulted in specific designs of the tennis shirt for golf, resulting in the monicker "golf shirt".[36]
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Status and use Since 1933, the tennis shirt has become so popular that it has become one of the standard categories of clothing. Virtually every major clothier makes some version or variation of Lacoste's tennis shirt. It is today worn by both men and women in numerous non-athletic contexts.[37] Notably, tennis shirts are worn by many semi-professional and retail workers in settings where T-shirts are not acceptable, but formal business attire is not required. In contemporary Western fashion, tennis shirts are considered more casual than woven button-front shirts while still being slightly dressy.[38] T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...
In American English, a dress shirt is a mens shirt with a collar, a full-length opening up the front from the collar to the hem, and full length sleeves with cuffs. ...
It is also a favored shirt for those working outside, such as groundskeepers and construction workers due to its ruggedness and style. During the 1990s, the tennis shirt became the standard informal business attire for the high tech industry and then spread to other industries (see business casual).[39] A form of tennis shirt (often prominently branded with the company name and logo) is a common element of a uniform for retail companies. In China, most younger government officials wear tennis shirts (sometimes made of silk) as standard business attire. Business casual, sometimes called smart casual, is a potentially confusing dress code, due to its oxymoronic construction. ...
A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organisation whilst participating in that organisations activity. ...
In many schools that require students to wear uniforms, especially junior schools, tennis shirts are part of a compulsory uniform for both boys and girls.[40]
The tennis shirt continues to have vast use in athletics, used even by non-athletes associated with a given sport in their employment, such as caddies, some retired golf professionals, and sports announcers. In golf, a caddy (or caddie) is the person who carries a players bag, and gives insightful advice and moral support. ...
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. ...
The 1980s Spanish pop-punk group Los Nikis is named after the Spanish name of the shirt[41]. It was part of their concert attire. Los Nikis were a Spanish pop-punk group of the 1980s that were associated with la movida. ...
Style The most common way to wear a tennis shirt is with the top button undone and with an optional undershirt underneath for warmth. One can find them in a wide variety of colors and patterns. Wide horizontal stripes (hoops) are common, as are shirts with patterns. Due to the outdoor nature of the sports with which they are associated, the shirts are often made of "natural" colors. For tennis, one would normally wear a brighter-colored shirt, most often white.
As in Lacoste’s original shirt, sometimes a tennis shirt is cut so that the back hangs a few centimeters lower than the front. As noted above, this is called a "tennis tail".[42] The longer cut is designed to keep the shirt tucked into the back of a man's tennis shorts when he is bent over to survey the court. The easily-upturnable collar remains another athletic aid.[43]
By the late 1990s, the tennis shirt had started falling out of favor by tennis players. As of 2007, most tennis players, like Roger Federer, usually wear a t-shirt, but a few others, like Andy Roddick, still wear a tennis shirt. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...
Andrew Stephen Andy Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. ...
See also Sportswear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or exercise. ...
Business shirt A shirt is a piece of clothing for the trunk of the body. ...
T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...
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This article is about the clothing company. ...
Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) is American fashion designer Ralph Laurens luxury lifestyle company. ...
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- ^ The Brand Channel, Lacoste profile.
- ^ Fashion Encyclopedia, "Lacoste Sportswear" (2007).
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