The Rules:
1. Never “pop” your collar.
2. Never tuck in your men’s polo shirts with jeans or chinos. That said, tuck in if your shirt if it is longer than your hips.
3. Experiment with bright colors or patterns with jeans or chinos.
4. Fitted. Always fitted.
5. No prints. Where did this fad come from? A small polo player or crocodile is all the flash you need.
6. Two words: Boat shoes or Stan Smiths. Unless you’re wearing a blazer. Then consider bucks.

Yes, thanks to Lacoste, we have the polo shirt (so-called after Ralph Lauren polo’s line of the same name): rounded collar, cotton-pique, two-three buttons (never more). And it’s a must-have piece of apparel for any style man’s closet. If worn correctly. You see, the polo is as ubiquitous as girls on my arm, and therefore begs to be given a set of rules to wear (the polo, not the girls — they like to behave badly).

A three-button polo shirt, crisp white jeans and driving moccasins would be a chic outfit for a female spectator, says Avril Graham, executive fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar. She also suggests a tasteful sundress paired with ballet flats.

Anything too trendy or revealing looks out of place, says polo fan Graham, and the biggest “don’t” of all is high heels, since everyone heads out to the field at halftime for the divot stomp to flatten all the upturned patches of dirt. “There’s nothing worse than finding you’re sinking into the grass.”

The polo shirts for sale sidelines should feature “a practised look of effortless, elegant dressing, low-key sophistication and really good taste,” Graham says.