What ralph lauren italia outlet is the history of the popped collar

"With the advent of the tennis shirt, however, the upturned collar took on a whole new purpose.In 1929 ren lacoste, the french 7 time grand slam champion, decided that the stiff dress shirts and ties usually worn by tennis players were too cumbersome and uncomfortable for the tennis court.Instead, he designed a loosely knit pique cotton shirt with an unstarched, flat protruding collar and a longer shirt tail in back than in front.This came to be known as the tennis shirt.Lacoste's design called for a thick pique collar that one would wear turned up in order to block the sun from one's neck.Thus, the tennis shirt's upturned collar was originally designed by the inventor of the tennis shirt, himself, for ease and comfort on the tennis court, aiding the player by helping to prevent sunburn. "

Since then, the shirts have ralph lauren italia outlet transcended to popular culture and other sports.Think diane keaton in annie hall, james dean in rebel without a cause or manchester united star eric cantona.

Today, popped collars enjoy a mixed legacy and reputation.While many people still use them in the same way ren lacoste intended early in the 20th century, the frat bros and 'wannabes' use them to attain that 'preppy' look.

While it is a so so reference at best(It's hard to find any sources on this subject that aren't dubious), this site provides an interesting supplement to the Wiki ralph lauren outlet serravalle article mentioned above.

The thing that initially popularlized the popped collar in the 80's, along with many other"Preppy"Fashions(Eg:The sweater worn tied around the neck or waist)Was the official preppy handbook, which came out in 1980.

I never owned a copy, but i was"That age"When it came out, so lots of people brought them to school and i thumbed through it. (I was attending a prep school at the time).My memory is that it actually had pages with pictures of preppie boys and girls in their full regalia, with lines going to specific parts they wanted to point out.One of these was the boy's"Popped"Collar(They didn't call it that yet).

The book was supposed to be making fun of entitled preppies, but as often happens when someone tries to make fun of youth culture, it ended up making them a fad instead.I know at my own school, it was a matter of days before some guys started doing the collar and tied polo la martina sweater thing, first as a joke, and then slowly not so much as a joke any more.This was in oklahoma, so its a reasonable extrapolation to picture this happening all over the usa. (For a similar phenomenon, see what happened with the frank zappa song valley girl two years later).
 

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