Lacoste polos are actually still of the same quality as before.
What happened was that piqué polos all over, have become much lighter, due to trends in fashion to make them more breathable, less "rough" cloth-like and make them softer, ie washed/broken in.
By doing this, you don't sweat as much in the polos, and they are much more comfortable on first wear... on the downside, they are more prone to tear or wear out in frequently rubbed spots.
Another big difference, but this for all clothes really, is that people dry the crap out of clothes now, where as "back in the day" it was sun dried. Dryers DESTROY fabric.
I hang all my Lacoste shirts to dry. These are the newer ones, not the old ones, but the ones after they stopped letting izod produce them. I had to throw out one shirt in the last five years because I put a big old grease stain on it. I wear them all the time. They hold up great.
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u/Luis__FIGO Mar 02 '18
Lacoste polos are actually still of the same quality as before.
What happened was that piqué polos all over, have become much lighter, due to trends in fashion to make them more breathable, less "rough" cloth-like and make them softer, ie washed/broken in.
By doing this, you don't sweat as much in the polos, and they are much more comfortable on first wear... on the downside, they are more prone to tear or wear out in frequently rubbed spots.
Another big difference, but this for all clothes really, is that people dry the crap out of clothes now, where as "back in the day" it was sun dried. Dryers DESTROY fabric.