On earlier posts I've talked about Polo as a sport, and its derivations. However on today's post, to change things a little, I'm going to talk about the clothes brand Polo (Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation). Polo is a sport and luxury-clothing brand, company of the American fashion designer Ralph Lauren. This brand specializes in creating casual and semi-formal clothes for men and women. It also makes accessories and fragrances for both genders (Wikipedia).
This brand was made in 1967 by Ralph Lifshitz (later Ralph Lauren). Two years later he opened a store in Manhattan, and in the same year he made a line of women suits with a man style, which was made characteristic of the brand. However, these clothes were sold just in the United States until 1981, when the brand became global with its first international store, which was made in London. In 1933, the sports line was launched, and five years later the company went public (Wikipedia).
Then, the brand started producing accessories, fragrances, and furniture. As it was said before, the brand Polo was launched in 1967 and it was specialized in creating casual clothes, but it also created clothes for polo players. Since then, the brand has expanded to include some other types of clothing like rugby or golf clothes (Wikipedia).
Nowadays, the brand has over 35 stores only in the United States, and its revenues reach 4.2 billion dollars. The brand has sponsored some important events, like Wimbledon or the US Open (Tennis championships). It is also the favorite brand of some PGA and LPGA (golf) players like Tom Watson or Davis Love III (Wikipedia).
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Bibliography: Wikipedia. "Polo Ralph Lauren." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 20 Oct. 2011.
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ResponderEliminarHi Ale! How are you doing? Yes, I’m back again this weeks to read your post, as you also read mine (thanks for that, actually :D ), but don’t get confused, I also read you because your posts are interesting, you did made me get interested in playing Polo, but only the “normal” one or the Segway Polo, the other ones are kind of scary for me, interesting, but still scary.
ResponderEliminarAnyways, back to this week’s post, it was, as always, interesting. Even though I think it is the first time you don’t talk about a type of Polo or a different way of playing, you still got my attention with this clothes topic. I mean, to tell you the truth I do were wondering about their clothes, and if I’m not that bad in memory, I think I asked you once in a previous post about their clothes style, so I’m glad you posted about that this week. Because I actually like the style of the “uniform”, I will call it like that for now, I think it is great that Polo Ralph Lauren’s Corporation kept growing as a company until they were, or are, able to add other sports’ uniforms to their brand. I mean, they also are able to add accessories and fragrances and such! It’s amazing how making a certain sport to have a specifically uniform can lead to someone’s little company, to an international company.
What really got my eye was that Ralph Lauren’s Company started with male clothes, and then added female clothes to. So, does women are able to play Polo too? I mean, even though they will look like men when playing because the “uniform” is male styled, I think I would have recognized a woman playing, but I haven’t seen one ever. Of course, it may be because I’ve only watch polo games in movies, but still I haven’t watch any woman playing polo. It was just the thing that interested me the most. But anyways, I liked this week’s post too, thanks for the information. I’ll read you next week too, have a nice weekend!
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Hi Ale I hope you had a good week!
ResponderEliminarWell, like every Friday I comment in your blog, really, if I not do if feel like I am missing something!
I don´t know how you do, but you always gave us something estrange and not very usual for known about polo, in my opinion I like very much the Polo brand, because I feel confortable the bad thing is that is kind of expensive I think, but anyway it is interesting how the brand experiment to make clothes for woman with a manly style, and also how the brad grow so big very quickly, and it was good that Polo brand open to all the marketing in the United States of America .
Okay, thank you for share this information with us, and I see you the next week.
Have a nice weekend and get fun with all the persons you love! Continue doing well, I really enjoy your blog and also your topic.
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