Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Class up your torso with a Polo shirt
Fit is the most important factor determining how good your shirt will look
De-scrub yourself by wearing a Polo shirt
As monsoon season draws to a close, San Diego men are reverting to their natural attire: board shorts and beer tees.
There’s a better alternative: the polo shirt. Polo shirts are an easy way for every guy to class up his torso without sacrificing comfort.
Polos are everywhere, and most of them look bad. There’s a simple formula for picking a good one: it should fit perfectly and it should be visually neutral.
As with any sort of clothing, fit is the most important factor determining how good your shirt will look. Memorize the following metrics.
The hem (bottom of the shirt) should go down to the middle of your crotch and no lower. When you lift your arms up, your stomach should stay mercifully covered. The sleeve should go no lower than halfway down your upper arm.
When you pinch the fabric on the sides of the shirt, you should have no more than two inches of material in your fingers. Don’t choose anything skin tight, but don’t wind up looking like a folded-up beach umbrella, either. Slim cuts are the most flattering.
Solid, neutral colors are best. This means black, white, gray, blue, brown, dark or olive green and maroon. Avoid patterns, including stripes. Also avoid golf or athletic polos. The shiny fabric looks weird. When possible, wear polos with no logos on them.
Outfit coordination is simple: just wear a polo instead of a t-shirt. No need to tuck it in. Congratulations, your style just doubled.
If you don’t have polos that match my description, look for them at thrift stores. Trying a polo for $4 and hating it is a much better plan than trying one for $40. You won’t hate it, though. Only your jealous friends will.
Three good San Diego spots for polo shirts: Rescue Mission Point Loma. 3601 Sports Arena Blvd.; Auntie Helen’s Thrift, 4127 30th St.; Goodwill Clairemont, 4220 Balboa Ave.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Class up your torso with a Polo shirt
Fit is the most important factor determining how good your shirt will look
Class up your torso with a Polo shirt
Fit is the most important factor determining how good your shirt will look
De-scrub yourself by wearing a Polo shirt
As monsoon season draws to a close, San Diego men are reverting to their natural attire: board shorts and beer tees.
There’s a better alternative: the polo shirt. Polo shirts are an easy way for every guy to class up his torso without sacrificing comfort.
Polos are everywhere, and most of them look bad. There’s a simple formula for picking a good one: it should fit perfectly and it should be visually neutral.
As with any sort of clothing, fit is the most important factor determining how good your shirt will look. Memorize the following metrics.
The hem (bottom of the shirt) should go down to the middle of your crotch and no lower. When you lift your arms up, your stomach should stay mercifully covered. The sleeve should go no lower than halfway down your upper arm.
When you pinch the fabric on the sides of the shirt, you should have no more than two inches of material in your fingers. Don’t choose anything skin tight, but don’t wind up looking like a folded-up beach umbrella, either. Slim cuts are the most flattering.
Solid, neutral colors are best. This means black, white, gray, blue, brown, dark or olive green and maroon. Avoid patterns, including stripes. Also avoid golf or athletic polos. The shiny fabric looks weird. When possible, wear polos with no logos on them.
Outfit coordination is simple: just wear a polo instead of a t-shirt. No need to tuck it in. Congratulations, your style just doubled.
If you don’t have polos that match my description, look for them at thrift stores. Trying a polo for $4 and hating it is a much better plan than trying one for $40. You won’t hate it, though. Only your jealous friends will.
Three good San Diego spots for polo shirts: Rescue Mission Point Loma. 3601 Sports Arena Blvd.; Auntie Helen’s Thrift, 4127 30th St.; Goodwill Clairemont, 4220 Balboa Ave.
Comments