At Legacy London (formerly LCY London), we have been making polo shirts since 1997 — designed in Britain, knitted and finished by craftspeople in Sri Lanka. Three decades of doing one thing carefully has left us with strong opinions about what separates the best polo shirts for men from the merely adequate: the hand of the cotton, the structure of the collar, the discipline of the cut. It has also left us with a considerable library of guides — on fit, on fabric, on the knitted polo in particular — written over years and scattered across the site.

This hub gathers all of it in one place. Whether you arrived here looking for luxury polo shirts in the UK, trying to settle the piqué versus jersey question, or simply working out which size to order, the path below is arranged in the order most people actually need it: shop, fit, understand, care.

ShopShop polo shirts

Our polo collections are deliberately compact. We would rather offer a handful of shapes in honest pure cotton, cut to last for years, than a wall of seasonal noise. Start with the full men's range, then look at the Riviera if the knitted polo is what brought you here.

FitFind your fit

Fit is where most polo purchases go wrong, and it is almost never the buyer's fault — sizing varies wildly between brands, and a knitted polo fits differently from a woven one. Our polo shirt fit guide deals with the questions that actually matter: where the shoulder seam should sit, how much room belongs through the chest, where the hem should fall, and how each of our fabrics behaves after the first few washes. Measure a polo you already love and compare it against the charts before you order.

FabricFabric knowledge

The piqué versus cotton jersey question comes up constantly, and the honest answer is that neither fabric is better — they are built for different days. Piqué's textured weave gives structure, breathability and that familiar sporting character; smooth cotton jersey and fine-gauge knits give softness and drape, and read as more considered. Knowing the difference is the fastest way to stop buying the wrong polo. The piqué's history is worth ten minutes of your time too — the fabric was an engineering solution before it was a style, and the story explains almost everything about how the modern polo shirt looks.

StyleStyle & heritage

A polo shirt is only as useful as your confidence in wearing it. The smart casual question — can a polo carry a business-casual dress code, and which one — is the most common style query we receive, and the answer is yes, with conditions: the fabric, the collar and the colour decide whether a polo reads as considered or as weekend-only. The guides below cover smart casual polo shirts properly, alongside the longer story of how the designer polo evolved — including our own evolution as a house — and a walk through the polos our customers return to year after year.

CareKeep it for years

Slow fashion only means something if the garment actually lasts, and a well-made polo will — provided it is washed and stored with a little care. Most polo failures are laundry failures: hot washes that shrink the collar, tumble dryers that exhaust the cotton, hangers that pull a knit out of shape. The care guide covers the simple rituals that keep a pure cotton polo looking new for years rather than seasons. It is short, and it will save you money.