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After Drake’s · Autumn/Winter 2025

Navy Pique Cotton Long-Sleeve Polo Shirt

This is a long-sleeve polo in navy cotton pique, made in Portugal. It sits between a knitted shirt and a sports top, keeping the knit's ease while the collar and placket hold a tidier line. Ribbed cuffs keep the sleeves close at the wrist, and a stepped hem lets it be worn tucked or loose. It suits cooler days when a short-sleeve polo would be too little, worn alone or under a jacket.

The original, on drakes.com

In Proper Cloth

Light Slate Linen Knit Jersey

Proper Cloth's polos are made only in its own knits, and it offers no navy cotton pique, so we chose a solid knit jersey and took pure linen in a light slate melange. We kept the long sleeves, the soft one-piece polo collar, the mother-of-pearl buttons and a polo hem. Proper Cloth offers a two-button polo placket and buttoned cuffs rather than three buttons and ribbing, so we took those and chose a long single-button cuff to keep the sleeve end neat.

A very lightweight pure linen knitted as a jersey rather than woven, so it drapes softly and gives a little. The slubbed yarn gives a quiet, uneven surface, and the light slate melange changes slightly in tone as the light shifts. It breathes well and suits warm weather.

Composition
100% Linen
Weight
very lightweight
Care
Finish: No Treatment.

Options

Collar
Soft One Piece
Cuffs
Soft Long One Button
Placket
Two Button Polo
Pocket
No Pocket
Yoke
Polo Yoke
Hem
Polo Hem
Buttons
Mother of Pearl
Stitching
0.25″ Stitching
Sleeve placket
No sleeve placket button
Adjustable cuffs
No adjustable cuff buttons

$195

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