Thursday, March 25, 2010

Define Button-Down Cottons & Collared Polo Shirts


Button-down cottons and collared polo shirts are each popular in their own rights. To define the differences between the two, it is necessary to think about the styles and uses of the shirts.

shirt tie tux suit image by Paul Retherford from Fotolia.com Button-down cottons and collared polo shirts are each popular in their own rights. To define the differences between the two, it is necessary to think about the styles and uses of the shirts. Shirt ShapeThe button-down cotton shirt has a straight or tailored body with a line of buttons down the front. It has a rounded bottom hem line, and usually has long sleeves. The collared polo shirt has a T shape, with three buttons on the short neck slit. The bottom usually has a slit on each side, and the sleeves are generally short. CollarThe button-down cotton shirt has a collar that comes to a point on each side of the front buttons, and each of the points is buttoned down to the shirt. The collared polo shirt has a square collar that is made to fall naturally on the neckline. FabricsButton-down cotton shirts can be cotton blends or 100 percent cotton. Collared polo shirts are usually made of cotton knits including jersey cotton or pique cotton. The polo collars are often a finely ribbed knit. Where AppropriateButton-down shirts are appropriate for most formal and business situations. However, business casual is usually the domain of the polo shirt. Some schools and workplaces use polo shirts as a part of a uniform. Polo shirts are also popular for sports and outdoor activities. HistoryJohn E. Brooks of Brooks Brothers went to Europe in the late 1800s and saw polo players with shirts that had separate collars that they buttoned to their shirts. This gave him the idea for the Polo brand button-down shirt. In 1926, Rene Lacoste came up with an alternative to tennis whites made of pique cotton that became the modern polo shirt. Ralph Lauren took over in 1972 and made the T-shaped knit polo shirt more
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