short-sleeved polos under summer sportscoats?

[69clyde]

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

Am I doing it right?

Absolutely...

 

[Dewey]

The other day I put on a sports coat over a polo in a cold office. It did not look as douchey as I expected. I was a little disappointed.

The key was the color of the polo, light blue, which is what I would have worn in a dress shirt with the same coat (med-dark gray overall, mini hounds pattern) and trousers (khaki chinos). I think it would look fine, maybe good in its own way, with a white polo shirt too. Or maybe a light pink.

But whoever noted above, that you will be putting your bare neck on the jacket's collar, was spot on. That's a problem. I would not want to soil a sports coat's neck by doing this often -- unless I had made up my mind to beat the coat to the death & enjoy wearing it hard.

FWIW, Clooney and Pitt look awful in that picture. To me they look like a pair of smarmy assholes, or those guys who went to the disco on Saturday Night Live. To each their own

 

[contaygious]

Long sleeve polos are acceptable though correct? So the only real difference is the sleeves. Some jackets now come with narrower sleeves and the insides are really soft (see Armani), it's as if they want you to wear short sleeve polos under them. I don't think it would work with the typical sleeve width though because it would feel strange with the breeze coming up through your jacket sleeves.

 

[furo]

I'm wearing a blazer over a yellow t-shirt tonight with denim and brown slip-ons. No clue if it's right but it looks fine imo.

 

[Thurston]

Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba

Foo,
Draw the conclusions that you want to draw, but i'm just tired of reading some half-cocked overly negative opinion about everything. Then people read your bullshit and think thats the right way of doing things.

Dude, the way of doing things is dressing for the situation, and if that situation calls for a polo shirt with a linen blazer and a pair of shorts, thats what i'm wearing.


I'm fine with the polo under sportcoat thing. It's pretty common at cocktail hour/dinner at a golf club. But what situation ever calls for a jacket and shorts?

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

tonight the situation called for it. Grillin' burgers with style.

 

[ziggyosk]

Originally Posted by Crane's

Clooney and Pitt seem to pull it off nicely so why can't anyone else?

Who would want to be Pitt or Clooney when you can be Foof?

 

[RyJ Maduro]

I would do it only with a navy blazer, loafers, a ribbon belt, and khakis. Or, perhaps, loudly coloured shorts.

 

[pkincy]

Seems like an awful lot (7 pages) of discussion on a 50 year dressy casual staple.

Heck if you don't like it don't wear it, but I am assuming you can't play golf or tennis either.

PK

 

[Fuuma]

Polos are bever acceptable. Wear a tee.

 

[Night Owl]

Originally Posted by SkinnyGoomba

haha, i can just imagine foof on a NYC job site.

I think the headline would read "Tiny man found in Gangbox by overtime crew"

and they would interview the guys:

"yeah hey, this is big tony, i thought the little bastard was a sledge hammer, the one end was huge, and the rest of him skinny."

"Yeah i stuck him in a gangbox"

After further investigation they would find that mafoo was taunting the crew by pointing out that their RTW sleeve pitches were off, and that their safety glasses were not bespoke, nore their flannel shirts.

 

[TBSDSpaniard]

Originally Posted by M. Bardamu

I think the typical "North American" cotton pique polo (think Gap or A&F) looks terrible under a sport coat or blazer. The knitted Italian-style polo, however, can look stellar. These are usually characterized by a floppy collar (rather than the kind with all the facing on the NA shirts, which are designed to be "popped") and a few more buttons than the 2/3 you usually find on other polos.

By no means imho should a logoed polo be worn!

Borrelli pop;

and Borrelli polo disaster? WTF?

 

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Polos are bever acceptable. Wear a tee.
IMO, I think a tee is worse than a polo. However, Fuuma does seem to pull it off well, unlike most guys who I see sporting the look.