Women's Style 411

My wife’s birthday was coming up, and I needed to shop for gifts in time for the dinner we planned for the day. Instead of buying just one shirt or a special belt, I decided to give her a new wardrobe from head to toe. I also decided to shop at the newly opened consignment store downtown, which I have been hearing rave reviews about.

I didn’t know I was in for a surprise, though. The “store” turned out to be a huge warehouse converted into a shopping wonderland. Shopping for some womens polo shirts was a dizzying affair; I had only planned on buying one but ended up getting three. I also wound up with two new skirts, five belts, and three new pairs of socks. I was so excited about shopping in the place that I didn’t think about how I will wrap those clothes. And I certainly can’t give it to her straight from the paper bag, can I?

The term “polo shirt” has become synonymous with a collared shirt in many parts of the world. Although their name suggests that the shirts originated on the polo field, that isn’t the case. Tennis champion Rene Lacoste was actually the first to conceive the design that we have today.

He was tired of the thick, long-sleeved tennis shirts of his day, which led him to create a more lightweight and breathable model that has been adopted for several sports and casual wear as well. Most people think of polo shirts as being exclusively for men, but there are womens polo shirts as well.