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A POLO SHIRT, also known as a golf shirt and tennis shirt, is a T-shaped shirt with a collar, typically a two- or three-button placket, and an optional pocket. Polo shirts are usually made of knitted cloth (rather than woven cloth), usually piqué cotton or, less commonly, silk, merino wool, or synthetic fibers.

In the 19th and early 20th 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. This attire presented problems for ease of play and comfort.

René Lacoste, the French 7-time Grand Slam tennis champion, decided that the stiff tennis attire was too cumbersome and uncomfortable. He designed a white, short-sleeved, loosely knit piqué cotton (he called the cotton weave jersey petit piqué) shirt with an unstarched, flat, protruding collar, a buttoned placket, and a longer shirt-tail in back than in front (known today as a "tennis tail"), which he first wore at the 1926 U.S. Open championship. 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 Crocodile", a nickname which he embraced.

A T-SHIRT is a shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's torso. A T-shirt is usually buttonless and collarless, with a round neck and short sleeves.

T-shirts are typically made of cotton or polyester fibers (or a mix of the two), knitted together in a jersey stitch that gives a T-shirt its distinctive soft texture. T-shirts can be decorated with text and/or pictures, and are sometimes used to advertise.

The T-shirt evolved from undergarments used in the 19th century, through cutting the one-piece "union suit" underwear into separate top and bottom garments, with the top long enough to tuck under the waistband of the bottoms. T-shirts, with and without buttons, were adopted by miners and stevedores during the late 19th century as a convenient covering for hot environments.

Following World War II it became common to see veterans wearing their uniform trousers with their T-shirts as casual clothing, and they became even more popular after Marlon Brando wore one in A Streetcar Named Desire, finally achieving status as fashionable, stand-alone, outer-wear garments.

A T-shirt typically extends to the waist. Variants of the T-shirt, like the tank top, crew neck, A-shirt (with the nickname "wife beater"), muscle shirt, scoop neck, and the V-neck have been developed. Hip hop fashion calls for "tall-T" T-shirts which may extend down to the knees. A 1990s trend in women's clothing involved tight-fitting "cropped" T-shirts that are short enough to reveal the midriff. Another popular trend is wearing a "long-sleeved T-shirt", then putting a short-sleeved T-shirt of a different color over the long-sleeved shirt; this is known as "layering".

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• ALEXANDER MCQUEEN - t-shirts.
• ASTON MARTIN - 007 polo shirt.
• BALLY
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• BERETTA
• BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB - fashion retailer.
• BROOKS BROTHERS
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• HACKETT - polo shirts.
• HACKETT - t-shirts & sweatshirts.
• HENRI LLOYD
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• JACK WILLS
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• KENZO
• LA MARTINA
• LACOSTE
• LANVIN - piquée polo shirt.
• LORO PIANA - since 1924.
• LOTUS
• MARNI
• MASSIMO SFORZA - knitwear.
• MICHAEL KORS
• MICHAEL TOSCHI
• MILE HIGH CLUB STORE - t-shirt.
• MUSTO
• PAUL SMITH
• PERRY ELLIS
• PIRELLI
• RALPH LAUREN
• ST. CROIX - handcrafted in the USA since 1960.
• St. Croix's Classic Long-sleeve Mock, Style 1990 - Steve Jobs, the late Apple CEO, often wore a St. Croix mock turtleneck at his keynotes.
• STETSON - "Made of America." Graphic tees.
• STONE ISLAND
• SUNSPEL
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• THOMAS PINK - Jermyn Street London.
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