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June 16, 2005
Nothing Against Polos
Does anyone really look good in the
polo shirt dress? I saw a girl the other day - pretty girl - wearing a
baby blue one that made her legs look really stumpy. They remind me of
those oversized t-shirts with cats on them that old women or young
girls might wear to bed. I confess that I once had a pink oversized
t-shirt with a cat on it years ago. Frumpy, shapeless, and generally a
bad idea. Sure, every now and again someone tall and lithe will manage
to make the polo shirt dress seem okay, but how great can a very long
polo look? It just seems silly to me. Some people may try to class it
up with the collar flip up. But that's another issue entirely.
And lets talk about that. I'm still deciding how to feel about it.
There's the jacket collar flip up that's perfectly practical when used
as protection against the wind and rain. Very secret agent looking.
Catherine Hepburn looks fantastic with her collar up and her sleeves
cuffed. Classy and strong. But old Hollywood starlets aren't our most
recent exposure to this trend. When I see these guys wearing two
brightly colored polos, collars up, running around, it brings to mind
the decade dominated by the likes of Rob Lowe, John Cusack, Andrew
McCarthy and James Spader - especially James Spader for some reason -
the 80's. I'll see women going to work with collars up and think it
looks really cool, but my hesitation arises due to the way I associate
this style with leg warmers and tapered jeans. I used to be staunchly
against it until one day as I was putting my hair up (which happens
fairly often now that I live in fear that I look terrible with my hair
down, thanks a lot Carl) I realized the back of my jacket
collar was flipped. At first I was irritated, but then I did the side
to side self check-out, and I thought I looked pretty cool. My
prejudice towards the flip up is primarily with polos. On guys it's
very frat, requiring a front tuck and a keg, and on women it should be
paired with boat shoes and a weekend on the Cape. Long sleeved button
down shirts flipped, I like. They also have stiffer collars so the
one-side-flopping-down thing is better avoided. I have nothing against
the polo in general, as it may seem. I really love polos. I
have a number of them in various textures and colors. But a polo
dress? A polo collar flip? I just...can't.
| By heidi | 11:19 AM