Madeira French Linen Short Sleeve Polo
$449.00
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Ethically and safely made in the European Union.
96% Linen, 4% Elastan
Dry clean, hand wash or machine wash on delicate (with fabric softener, man) and then lay flat to dry. Never, under any circumstances, put this thing in the dryer.
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THE POLO I SAID I’D NEVER MAKE. I CHANGED MY MIND.
I’ll just grab that old polo,” said David Beckham, never. For years that was my position. Then we went and made the best one I’ve ever seen. French linen from Normandy. A subtly fashion-forward collar that holds all day. A mid-bicep sleeve with a button placket that does something no other polo does. A curved hem that makes you look Continental, not schlubby.
This is that shirt.
For years I’ve been on record. On the website, to customers, out loud at New York Fashion Week: polos after 40 are just lazy, I said. I loved to quip: “I’ll just grab that old polo,” said David Beckham, never.
And then a small voice in the back of my head: What if the problem isn’t the polo? What if nobody’s ever made one properly?
I went outside to find Nicky. It had been a good 20 minutes since he’d had a cigarette, so I was sure to find him there. Nicky Pachev is our principal designer - a genius at garment shape. He patiently watched me talk smack about polos for ages, knowing full well that the subsequent conversation was going to happen. It took a year. Here’s what we built.
1. THE FABRIC
French linen from Normandy - the only place on earth where the soil, the Atlantic air, and frankly whatever else the French have going on up there produces the best raw material for light linen on the planet. Not a close call. From Normandy it travels to Porto, just up the road from Y.Chroma HQ in Lisbon, where we mill and dye it. It doesn’t just cover you. It gives you something. The fabric’s job is to enhance your shape - and it does.
2. THE CONSTRUCTION
The collar on your average mall polo is a band of ribbed fabric - easy to manufacture, frumpy right out of the gate. Ours is subtly fashion-forward. Precision sewn, interlined, bonded with paper-thin canvas. A hidden, suit jacket-style buttonhole. No surface buttons. It stands all day.
The sleeve hits at mid-bicep. The button placket at the cuff adds quiet visual weight to the bicep area in the down position - low-key, never gimmicky. Fold it up and button it into place when you’ve been hitting the gym. You’ll know why in about three seconds.
3. THE HEM
Ninety-nine percent of mall polos cut straight across the front. That’s not a fashion choice - that’s a production choice. Sewing a proper curve without puckering is murderously difficult. So they don’t bother. We bother. Ours lands halfway down your zipper in front, a little longer in the back, with a gentle curve up at the sides to pocket level. Continental, not schlubby. Longer leg. We also rotate the side seam slightly forward - an old Savile Row trick that trims the midsection. The lads who know, know.
Never put this or any other garment you care about in that dryer, boys.
MADEIRA FRENCH LINEN SHORT SLEEVE POLO
$449.00