The polo shirt is the athleisure update on the T-shirt, in the same way that the sweatshirt is the new crewneck
Shall we have an athleisure recap? Right, so here’s an omnibus edition of what you may have missed. I won’t bore you with the fastest-growing-retail-sector stuff. What you need to know is that (a) the sweatshirt is the new crewneck; (b) tracksuit bottoms are now several rungs higher on the fashion pecking order than jeans; and (c), Olympics or no Olympics, it’s a safe bet that whoever is declared overall winner of 2016 will be wearing a tracksuit, probably the sold-out deconstructed one by Parisian label Vetements.
Where do polo shirts fit into this? The polo shirt is the athleisure update on the T-shirt, in the same way that the sweatshirt is the new crewneck. The tone of fashion is shifting from that architectural-minimalist, “I probably work in an art gallery” look to something both sportier and a bit more brassy. Looks that would have been a bit naff – a bit Westfield, if you know what I mean – are now deeply fashionable. Tracksuits, say. And polo shirts.
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