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TLHardy
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Nov 1, 2017
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Years ago, when I lived in south Florida, I flew to Kansas City for a conference. I wore a polo shirt under my regular shirt because I forgot my parka. Holy cow, October in KC.
Nov 1, 2017
Cloaca
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Nov 2, 2017
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TLHardyWhen I first moved to Tokyo from Los Angeles, when winter hit I couldn't believe how cold it was (seasons were new to me). I rushed to a shop to buy an overcoat, but the sleeves needed alteration. Fortunately the weather snapped back to warm for a few days until I could pick up the coat, or I would have frozen to death.
A polo shirt under a button-up shirt was at least at one time a fashion trend. From comments on The Cut:
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tracyd6 Sep 18, 2017
When I was in high school and college in the 1980's we would wear a polo shirt under a button up shirt. It was fashionable.
wizards3 Sep 17, 2017
Layering was a 1970's trend.
I did it in again in the late 80's, and was asked, "why are you wearing two shirts?".
cash23 Sep 17, 2017
He's dressing the way preppies did when he was in high school and college.
Lacoste shirt with popped collar + pink Brooks Brothers button-down + LLBean down vest = Andover/Exeter circa 1972.
killerbee0925 Sep 16, 2017
"...the shirt thing is something he picked up at military prep school, and....he refers to it as beach fashion."
That's exactly right. When we did a college tour at University of Miami with our daughter some years back, all the student tour guides wore white button down shirts over white polo shirts. A couple of years later JC Penney mainstreamed the look in its mall stores. It's like saying, I'm a sharply dressed preppie, but I'm also a beach bum.
marji80 Sep 16, 2017
I have a vague memory of double polo shirts being a thing during the Reagan era, at least in Ralph Lauren ads. I believe collars were upturned.
RaviSingh Sep 16, 2017
@marji80 You are absolutely correct. The preppy look was popular in the early to mid 80's. Polo was the thing to wear after Izod shirts fell out of favor. Then came the doubling of Polo shirts with the collars turned up. I also remember the madras pants for men and women.
yllehs Sep 16, 2017
@marji80 A patterned turtleneck under a button down shirt under a Fair Isle sweater was big in those days. Luckily, I think the trend died by the time I was 8th grade.
shanavelour Sep 16, 2017
@marji80 Yes, it was a preppie look in the '80s to wear two shirts (not three). They were supposed to be bright colors: a pink knit polo shirt under a pale green Oxford-cloth button-down shirt. Or royal blue and coral, etc. Collars turned up. Khaki trousers or "chinos."
Nov 2, 2017
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