ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

yeah thats the normal polo shirt material

regular smooth knit cotton is the normal material, the pique stuff is an abomination

you are not correct about this

I may have the wrong name too, but you mean that extra smooth, golfy material that has a slight sheen to it right?

pique is the meshy one

like they call it mesh on ralphlaruen.com

http://i.imgur.com/4G5r8tD.png

aka the original and still standard polo shirt material

i will defer BUT ONLY OUTWARDLY

its a good material pique recommended

i like to wear a WHITE PIQUE POLO with a one button jacket for a breezy summer look

pique is def a standard polo material

shiny golfer polos are fuckin terrible

my 3 year old wears a long sleeve pique polo for his school uniform and it is adorable but he is 3 years old

zip necks are garbage menswear

man alive otm zip ribbed sweaters uulllllgghh

i like a nice pique polo under an open collar oxford cloth shirt under a medium weight v-kneck sweater under a light sport jacket with another, heavier sweater tied around my waist, with loose-hung scarf around kneck as accent and a yellow ball cap #PoloByRalphLauren

long sleeve polos r kind of awesome feel like we r extremely close to the return of the polo sport raver aesthetic

I was given a ligher-than-olive green long sleeved eddie bauer polo by my girlfriend's mom

not pique knit

idk how much of a difference their is but i have a couple of ralph lauren rugby shirts that i bought at thrift store that i think are pretty sharp and wear often. almost positive that i posted some pics of such itt

ribbed zip-neck sweater is like "I am a total dick but once I had a girlfriend who was into taking me shopping and she upped my style game."

i can get with polo sport raver, might jump on that for 2016

"ribbed" as a descriptor in general grosses me out

Re zip neck sweaters, I think you guys are seriously underestimating the old-fashioned grandpa appeal.

http://cdn.woolovers.us/files/styles/RollImages/c62_sand_big.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/59/47/ac/5947ace62bb1702d1e1775e93c2e2606.jpg

Obvs these ppl are not grandpas (well not visibly) but their style is.

idk grandpa style is a thick irish cardigan imo

something very conservative llbean dad about the zip neck

proposed modification: it's cool to wear them outside but everyone just wears them to their office job.

guys tombot has years of living in the beltway to process and get through, let's take it step by step and treat him with compassion

no rugby shirts

xp strong dislike on both of those

My grandpa wouldn't have been caught dead in a zipneck, fuck that.

zip neck always struck me as the unifform of the rookie high school teacher who's convinced he'll make every kid care about robert frost because goddamn it he does and he knows how to speak to them on their level

Second sweater itself is not bad, but would be much better with a regular crew neck.

no zips on sweaters ever

no shawl collars

Yall crazy.

also that thin scarf wrapped around the neck is def NOT grandpa

I apologize for not having an actual picture of my (now dead) grandpa wearing a wool zip neck sweater jeez.

no shawl collars

― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, January 20, 2016 1:43 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

too far man, too far

I'm on the fence about those

shawl collars are fine on the right sweater

i do feel like im a little too young to wear one though

the irish cardigan that my grandpa wore (and that my dad, now his mid 70s also wears) has a shawl collar and it is great

oh I think grandpas' shawl collars can be grandfathered in (lol), i just didn't dig the recent trend for shawl collars on everything ever for a while

agree on no shawls

pleased to see more thick cardigans without shawls, for a few years every big cardigan seemed to have one

guys let's make this easy:

THINGS THAT ARE OKAY OR GREAT:
polos made w/ pique waffle mesh
polos made w/ soft jersey or w/e

THINGS THAT ARE JUST THE WORST:
zip-neck sweaters
shawl collar sweaters
cowl neck sweaters
polos made w/ shiny golf nonsense garbage material
polos w/ long sleeves

now that that's settled what do we think of uh idk what's gonna happen in 2016?

2016 will be sleeveless polos and back-zip boatneck cardigans

I hope health goth ends

to be replaced with exernoize iirc

i wouldn't mind seeing sleeveless polos out there in april tbrrwu

we can make it a thing

we are an internet think tank