Design Your Own Polo Shirt

There was a time when a polo shirt was just a polo shirt.

Today, almost every major apparel brand offers a line of either short or long sleeve polo shirts. Men’s polo shirts are now available in what were once considered women’s colors and women’s polo shirts are no longer smaller versions of men’s, with silhouettes made specifically for a woman’s figure.

Although the most popular fabric for polo shirts is knitted cotton pique or jersey, some high-end brands offer polo shirts in high-performance fabrics, knitted silk, merino wool or other fabrics.

Polo shirts became so popular on golf courses, people started calling them golf shirts. Although the words "polo shirt" and "golf shirt" are used interchangeably, the term "polo shirt" is more popular.

In the sport of Polo, polo shirts are called polo jerseys.

 

Personalized Polo Shirts, Custom Polo Shirts, Embroidered Polo Shirts

The number of decorated apparel and promotional products companies offering personalized or custom polo shirts is overwhelming.

Crooked Brook is not a promotional products nor a decorated apparel company; it is a label used by the atelier division of our art studio.

Our shop is a full-service apparel design, pattern making, sample making, and small lot production atelier. In addition, we offer decorated apparel and these are the methods we use to create personalized polo shirts, polo jerseys and golf shirts:

Embroidery - The default placement for an embroidered logo on a polo shirt used to be the left chest. Embroidery placements now include shoulder sleeves, sleeve cuffs or back.

Tackle Twill - A form of appliqué in which letters, numbers or designs are cut from a piece of fabric and sewn onto a garment. The most popular placement  of tackle twill on a polo shirt is on the chest front, shoulder sleeves or back.

Printed Polo Shirts, Custom Printed Polo Shirts

Embroidery, Appliqué and Tackle Twill are not suitable for all logos or designs because more often than not, the artwork was designed for print. With print, letters can be much smaller and colors can be incorporated more fluidly than with embroidery, appliqué or tackle twill.

In addition, embroidery, appliqué or tackle twill cannot be used on polo shirts weighing less than 5.5 ounces, which eliminates the lightest weight polo shirts and those made in performance fabrics from your choices.

Therefore, for some logos or designs, printed polo shirts are a better option and a lower cost alternative to ones that are customized with embroidery, appliqué or tackle twill.

 

Promotional Polo Shirts

As corporate gifts or promotional products, custom embroidered polo shirts have always been a great way to build brand recognition and to promote your business. However, to some business owners (since it is a give away), this means buying the cheapest polo shirt they can find.

Cheap Polo Shirts

Cheap: of inferior quality or worth, contemptible because of lack of any fine, lofty, or redeeming qualities.

When you buy a cheap polo shirt, that is exactly what you get… a cheap polo shirt.

Cheap polo shirts are ill fitting, thin, loose their shape, color and shrink excessively after the first wash.

It is better to spend a few more dollars on a polo shirt that will be worn, instead of being relegated to the bottom dresser drawer.

Numerous decorated apparel and promotional products advertise "Cheap Polo Shirts", "Discount Polo Shirts " or “Cheap Personalized Polo Shirts".

If your only concern is price, contact them.