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There are as many different types of shirts as there are hours in the day; and with summer fast approaching, the latest styles and fashions of that long time staple of menswear - the shirt - are sure to cause a buzz in the fashion scene all over the country and across the globe.
Whilst the American usage of the term “shirt” generally refers to any garment other than a jacket worn on the top half of the body, in Britain the term normally refers to a garment with buttons up the middle and on the collar, and long-sleeves with full cuffs – an item of clothing known as a “dress shirt” in America. Whilst more formal men’s shirts are often associated with special occasions and restrictive job-wear, young men in particular should not make the mistake of overlooking the fashionable men’s shirt!
The variety of garments that this definition can provide stretches is both wide and far-reaching. At one end of the spectrum, you’ll find the extremely informal white sleeveless shirt which has long been popular in punk and alternative fashions; while at the other end of the scale, people will find the only shirt that was officially recognized in mainland China for many years - the double breasted shirt with four pockets known officially as the ‘Zhongshan suit’, but long referred to as the ‘Mao shirt’ or ‘Mao suit.’
Thankfully these days our clothing range isn’t quite so restrictive. New fashions in men’s shirts this season show that stripes, checks and grand-dad collars are back in fashion in a big way, with inspirations taken from the indie college rock scene of the mid to early 1990s along with thrift-store chic showing in the latest lines of short sleeved men’s shirts. Think fashion shirts from Weezer circa 1994 to artists such as the Kaiser Chiefs today, and you’ll be someway towards comprehending how shirts should look this season!
Long sleeved shirts are also changing to keep up with the times. Shirts with deliberately pre-rolled up sleeves are proving to be popular, with long vertical stripes and a comfortable but fitted look winning through. Let’s not forget as well updates to the classic smart work shirt - and of course the ties to go with them! With the increasing popularity of worryingly skinny boys in indie bands with expensive and complicated haircuts, the skinny tie has exploded in popularity again, and is one of this seasons must have mens fashion items.

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Promotional apparel-items such as polo shirts, caps, or jackets-are all great ideas for promotional items. They can be used as uniforms for your staff, promotional giveaways, or simply as gifts for valued clients and customers. There are many reasons why polo shirts are a fantastic choice for your next promotion-here are just a few.

* Polo shirts have huge design potential
Polo shirts come in an enormous range of styles and colors. From sporty two tone shirts to practical, low key styles, there is a very large range to choose from. Whether you’re interested in shirts for employees to wear on the shop floor as a kind of uniform, or in designing shirts for promotional giveaways, there’s a rainbow of colors to choose from and it’s easy to choose styles that will reflect the kind of image you want to project. Polo shirts typically have large print areas that give you plenty of room for your chosen design, and whatever you want your shirts to say, you’ve got the space to make it happen.

* Polo shirts are great value for money
Granted, polo shirts are more expensive than a promotional pen or coffee mug, but they have enormous value in terms of the longevity of the item and the uses you can put them to. A well-made polo shirt will continue to be an effective advertising vehicle for your company long after the ink in a promotional pen has run dry, and polo shirts can be used in a variety of exciting ways that are highly visible in terms of the number and variety of people who will see them. The advertising message on a polo shirt is also much more likely to get noticed, simply because of its large size.

* Polo shirts promote company identity
Polo shirts can be used by staff as a uniform, given to company sports teams, and used at other company events where you want your employees to present a uniform look that reflects a particular image. Having promotional polo shirts on hand makes it easy to dress your staff in matching clothing for any casual occasion.

* Polo shirts have a large range of promotional applications
Polo shirts can be used in a wide variety of ways-trade show giveaways, door prizes at conferences, spot prizes at company events or promotional business events, fund raisers for schools or charities, and apparel for highly visible marketing events. Have fun and get inventive with your next promotion-make a bold statement with eye-catching polo shirts, and you reap the rewards in terms of increased public awareness of your company.

* Profit!
Polo shirts and other types of clothing are also great options for promotional merchandise. Night clubs, pubs, cafes, and restaurants, all types of products and services-the potential is endless. Shirts that feature a fun and funky design are always popular, and most people like to wear clothing that tells something about their tastes and what they enjoy doing. Promotional merchandise is not only popular with customers; it’s also fantastic advertising, thanks to the large print area that promotion.

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Everywhere you look, there are men with long, dangling sleeves, bulging necks squeezed by collars that are too tight or with enough fabric billowing around their waists to sail the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Many men seem to be either drowning in their dress shirts or look like stuffed sausage links.
Renowned image consultant and men’s clothing designer Janine Giorgenti has spent 20 years measuring thousands of men for dress shirts. After listening to their frustrations, she has come to the conclusion that men want to look crisp and neat, but cannot find a darn shirt that fits!

Homogenized America
With the onslaught of Walmart and the “superstores,” men’s specialty stores that once serviced individuals became extinct like the dodo bird.
Mass production overseas, coupled with the American drive to make products as cheaply as possible, caused men’s dress shirt manufacturers to “simplify” and pare-down size options to maximize productivity.
How does this relate to you? Well, it’s like, fat chance finding that once available 14 ½ neck with a 35 sleeve and more like, “Tough noogies, we have a 14 ½ neck with a combo 32/33 sleeve, (leaving the guy with longer than average arms looking like the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz,) so take it or leave it.” Wow! You just got a great bargain to look silly. What a deal!

Who is Outside of the So-called Norm?
- Guys with big necks and thinner bodies. (If the shirt fits your neck, then the body looks like a parachute.)
- Guys with small necks and long arms. (The industry now assumes that if men have a narrow neck, they are short, with short arms.)
- Guys with an athletic build. (Fuggedaboutit! If it fits your chest and shoulders, the rest of the shirt will be a tent. If it fits you from the waist down, you might as well be in a straitjacket.)
- Guy with short necks. (The collar will be up to your gills.)
- Guy with long necks. (When you speak, we expect to hear, “Gobble, gobble!”)
- Guys with neck sizes over 18 ½. (If you have short arms, be prepared to have your sleeves dangling down at your sides.)
- Short guys. (The proportions of the available dress shirts will make you look like you’re a kid playing dress-up in your father’s shirt.)
- Tall, thin guys. (Good luck finding a long enough sleeve and shirt tail length with a body that doesn’t fit two of you.)

How a Men’s Dress Shirt Should Fit: Five Tips to a Great-Fitting Dress Shirt
The Neck: The shirt collar should allow you to slide two fingers down the neck-band, between your throat and collar, while buttoned, without gagging. There should be room for your head to turn and move without choking. The shirt should initially have an extra ¼ - ½3 to allow for shrinkage.
The Shoulders and Body: You should be able to move your arms freely without the shirt pulling uncomfortably across the shoulders. The body of the shirt should not be baggy and shapeless, nor should it pull or pucker.
The Cuffs: The cuffs should be just tight enough that they do not hang over your hand and you should not be able to slip your hand through the cuffs without first unbuttoning them.
The Sleeves: When your arms are at your sides, your cuffs should end slightly below your wrist bones with just enough blouses at the cuffs to make it easy to bend your arms.
The Shirt Tail: Your shirt tail should not be so long that it bunches up when tucked in, but it also should not be so short that it comes out of your pants when you raise your arms.

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If there is one thing that we know about Polo, it is that they offer great shirts of very high quality. To tell the truth, the embroidered Polo shirts are no different. The fact is, Polo goes to great lengths to provide you with great embroidered Polo shirts at prices that are too good to be true. Most embroidered shirts are, of course, very expensive, however, that does not change the fact that they offer their embroidered shirts at prices that should be a lot higher. For the most part, people think that the embroidered shirt is just a marketing strategy to get people to buy more shirts. The truth is that, this offers people a chance to get Polo shirts that are closer to their personality. This means that people are going to have a better chance to find the embroidered Polo shirt that is right for them.
So how do you find the embroidered Polo shirts that are right for you? Well, there are a few different things that you have to ask yourself before you go out and get a Polo embroidered shirt. First of all, you need to know that most of Polo shirts have some kind of embroidered thing on them. Usually the logo of the Polo shirt is embroidered right on to it. The next thing that you have to know is where to get these embroidered Polo shirts. You can get them at most local stores; the only problem is that you’re going to end up paying a lot more for them just, because you got it at a chain store. To get the shirts at prices that are super low you are going to want to turn your search to the Internet. By doing this, you are going to be able find embroidered Polo shirts at very good prices. Most of the time, you will be able to find embroidered Polo shirts that have certain logos that are embroidered on them that were for promotional ideas only. However, after the promotion has ended, they found their way to the Internet. These are the best embroidered Polo shirts to buy.
On top of all, that you can get embroidered Polo shirts that are custom made for you. This is where you can pay people to embroidering your Polo shirts. So why should you choose a Polo shirt to get embroidered? For the main reason that Polo shirts are made with higher quality. What that means is that they are going to be able to stand up to getting embroidered, and you are going to have a less chance of the shirt ripping. However, before you have your shirt embroidered, you need to make sure that you really want your shirt embroidered. After you embroider something you can take it off, but usually it is going to leave the shirt underneath it a little messed up. That is not something that you want on one of your Polo shirts. In the end, having embroidered shirts is not for everyone. It’s a good idea to look at some embroidered Polo shirts online, before you buy one, to make sure it’s something that you like.

Popularity: 65%

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In suburban areas you tend to find people waking up at 6am, jogging around the town, and sitting down for their morning latte without a care in the world. These early morning folk are socially conscious for whatever reason (normally the need to be a part of a fad) and will only drink fair trade coffee, eat organic food, and essentially shun anything that when eaten could have a negative impact on their body or moral conscience. Now it should be said that this is a good thing, at least for whatever reason people are actively saying ‘no’ to consumables that could have possibly been produced by unfair labor or with something not fit for human consumption. But these polo wearing, latte drinking, organic loving people are forgetting that the majority of their clothing remains products of child labor and are very, very far from anything organic.
Cotton, the most ubiquitous ingredient in just about every form of clothing: polo t shirts, graphic tees, cargo pants, plaid shorts, canvas bags, and even messenger bags all contain some amount of cotton. The majority of the cotton contained in these objects is synthetic, meaning that they are grown with artificial chemical substances unlike their organic brethren. These non-naturally occurring materials such as pesticides and plant stimulants are not only harmful to the environment, but degrade the quality of the shirt over all. The pesticides are washed off of the plant during the rain and seep into nearby water systems and contaminate surrounding areas killing off plant an animal life. But it’s not just the animals in danger! No, the farmers who have to use the pesticides are normally without the proper equipment and can suffer from lung cancer and other diseases and ailments from being exposed to the chemical substances for too long.
The Polo T shirt, something we’ve all come to enjoy as a symbol for American Prepiness, stability, and other positive symbols; however it is easy to not notice that not only do these shirts suffer from synthetic cotton, but they are more than likely not part of the fair trade movement. Fair trade can be simply defined as people in areas of the world being paid fair wages for their work to uplift their living and educational systems. Non-fair trade countries such as China are more than likely where your shirts come from; China being one of the top havens for child labor and violations of human rights laws. It’s easy to overlook where your clothing comes from because it’s not something that you have to ingest like food; however, for all of those socially conscious latte drinkers out there, you might want to consider just where that polo t shirt came from before wearing it in the morning.

Popularity: 69%

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