Priscilla Frank/HuffPostThe only thing in the Carolinas having a good week is the polo shirt. The loosely knit, piqué cotton garment has long had a bit of an image problem. Now the polo shirt was the unofficial uniform of the rugged men who’d come to the Outer Banks to cover Mother Nature’s wrath. There’s a certain seasoned nonchalance polo shirts evoke in this particular environment. When tennis champ René Lacoste designed the first polo shirt in 1926, he hoped the garment would provide professional tennis players with what previous shirt styles did not: comfort, breathability, mobility and style.

Source: Huffington Post September 17, 2018 23:37 UTC