Men’s knit polo shirts usually can be found in every size. Broad manufacture of primary colors, wide manufacture of secondary colors, specialty yarn dyed or knit manufacture of custom colors, and fashionably tight or cropped styles of polo shirts for women come and go. Commercial knit polo shirts usually have an inclusion of polyester for shrinkage resistance and Lycra for stretch.

Monogrammed polo shirts can be made with the wearer’s initials. But specialty status shirts feature emblems on the Ralph Lauren (and Brooks Brothers, and Fred Perry, and Lacoste, and others) are higher priced for status value. A polo shirt or a POLO shirt makes a great gift. A new knit polo shirt makes a conservative but tasteful fashion statement in any neutral or sports environment.

Designer polo shirts have an embroidered logo on one breast. Designers like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger have reaped a fortune licensing their logo on the manufacture and sale of knit polo shirts. The Brooks Brothers “hung ram”, the Le Tigre tiger, the Lacoste alligator, and Ralph Lauren embroidered polo rider (with swinging mallet) embody the retail appeal of the knit polo shirt.

The variable of a sport shirt in the polo style in soft flat knit versus pique is usually one of utility and use versus comfort and color. Printed knit and printed knit pique are also popular polo shirt variations. Pure Egyptian cotton for baby and also silk or other inserted yarn fibers can make for specialty knit polo shirts.

Polo shirts look good on any size and any shape person, and can fit any ethnic makeup and fit any skin color. Black or white, colored, or printed, for any age group or occasion, polo shirts are such a popular seller, so commonly worn, and almost every manufacturer or designer has a line. The knit polo shirt is such a classic a new one could be pulled from a drawer, and worn anywhere by a man or woman without committing a fashion faux pas, taking a fashion risk or overstepping societal norms, in any country in the world.

Hawaiian flowers, stripes, and custom colorways and logos printed become the manufacturer’s detail on their polo shirt line. College colors and faded neutrals define certain brands, such as Tommy Bahama, Liz Claiborne, and Ralph Lauren. Polo shirts define the “preppy” 1980’s era but also can be casual or midtown, with a downtown flair worn with a heavy piece of gold or diamond jewelry.

But today the knit polo shirt (with breast logo) might be worn on the same day, in the same room, by a flat-pack furniture store employee (generic) , an inner-city youth going to a club or party(Polo) , by a company President (Patagonia), by an infant to daycare (Baby Gap) , by a college freshman (Abercrombie and Fitch), by a senior who hasn’t played golf or tennis in years(le Tigre), by a skinhead or punk rocker (Fred Perry), or cocktail party soccer mom with diamonds (Brooks Brothers).

The knit polo shirt is eternal.