Men polo shirt

Merz b. Schwanen manufactures this polo shirt from undyed, natural white cotton. The skin-friendly knitted fabric is very comfortable to wear in the summer. The shirt, equipped with a breast pocket, is closed with a stone walnut button and loop. The collar still looks the same as it did around 1900, when the polo shirt moved from the polo field to the tennis court - and later from there to casual wear. Because the meaning behind it, to protect the neck from the sun, is still (sun-)red-hot.

The knitwear manufacturer Merz b. Schwanen had existed since 1911 in the Swabian Alps, once a traditional textile-producing region. In recent times, a Berliner, Peter Plotnicki, revived the tradition. Once more, the company is manufacturing shirts and sports trousers in the area – for the most part on original knitting machines dating from the 1920s or at least the 1960s. Their slow operational speeds are an advantage: They provide for the high density, characteristic structure, and substantial feel, as well as the excellent shape retention of the knitwear. A small but remarkable detail: Plotnicki has the clothing labels with the original Merz b. Schwanen logo and lettering crafted on an old weaver’s loom for jacquard ribbons.