Rizzoli’s ‘Ralph Lauren’s Polo Shirt’ Chronicles 50 Years of Polos – Robb Report

Consider this: The shirt commonly known as a polo is, in fact, a tennis shirt. Today’s polos have little to do with the horseback sport, but that’s largely irrelevant—show anyone from Milwaukee to Manila a combination of short sleeves, rib-knit collar and buttoned placket and the first thing that comes to mind likely won’t be a game, but a man: Ralph Lauren.He may not have invented the polo, but he’s the reason why the term “tennis shirt” is seldom heard.

Source: Rizzoli’s ‘Ralph Lauren’s Polo Shirt’ Chronicles 50 Years of Polos – Robb Report