Post by BJo on Jan 22, 2015 14:54:45 GMT
"Yes maybe the main difference is the ever present white colour on the rugby shirt,
and never pockets on a rugby shirt but sometimes polo shirt..
I was wondering what they are called in the US since I figured they were originally an English thing - for Americans they may lump them all together under the term 'polo shirt' -"
Hiya iwsod and folks!
I can speak for myself and most of the people I know in real life that we do know the difference between a rugby shirt and polo shirt. I even know about the rubber buttons on a real rugby shirt - they were a very popular item when I was a teenager and into my early 20s. Now, not so much - at least not in the southern US. Here we tend to use the term polo shirt interchangeably with golf shirt or alligator shirt, although that is dated. Before Izod was Izod (if you know what I mean) we called them alligator shirts because of their alligator logo. If you call it an alligator shirt to a teen today, I don't know that they would know what you were talking about.
That being said, I think that even though many Americans know the difference between a rugby shirt and a polo shirt, they probably don't associate them with the two sports. A rugby shirt is just known for it's heavy material weight, long sleeves, and white collar. They may even make short sleeve dresses with white collars out of rugby material and call them rugby dresses. I don't wear dresses unless I'm forced to, so I'm not really sure if they still sell these. Back to the point - we Americans probably associate a polo shirt more with the Ralph Lauren polo player logo on the shirt more so than any realization that that style of shirt is what real polo players wore/wear. Just like the alligator shirt association.
I wear polo shirts occasionally, but most of what I wear does not have a collar. That is why I gave up on rugby shirts - I hated to have to iron the collar!!! I gave up on ironing a while ago and only do it under extreme duress!
and never pockets on a rugby shirt but sometimes polo shirt..
I was wondering what they are called in the US since I figured they were originally an English thing - for Americans they may lump them all together under the term 'polo shirt' -"
Hiya iwsod and folks!
I can speak for myself and most of the people I know in real life that we do know the difference between a rugby shirt and polo shirt. I even know about the rubber buttons on a real rugby shirt - they were a very popular item when I was a teenager and into my early 20s. Now, not so much - at least not in the southern US. Here we tend to use the term polo shirt interchangeably with golf shirt or alligator shirt, although that is dated. Before Izod was Izod (if you know what I mean) we called them alligator shirts because of their alligator logo. If you call it an alligator shirt to a teen today, I don't know that they would know what you were talking about.
That being said, I think that even though many Americans know the difference between a rugby shirt and a polo shirt, they probably don't associate them with the two sports. A rugby shirt is just known for it's heavy material weight, long sleeves, and white collar. They may even make short sleeve dresses with white collars out of rugby material and call them rugby dresses. I don't wear dresses unless I'm forced to, so I'm not really sure if they still sell these. Back to the point - we Americans probably associate a polo shirt more with the Ralph Lauren polo player logo on the shirt more so than any realization that that style of shirt is what real polo players wore/wear. Just like the alligator shirt association.
I wear polo shirts occasionally, but most of what I wear does not have a collar. That is why I gave up on rugby shirts - I hated to have to iron the collar!!! I gave up on ironing a while ago and only do it under extreme duress!