Amazon.com Customer Reviews
Adequate for the money, buttons fall off - Review written on January 29, 2008
Rating: 3 out of 5
4 customers found this review helpful.
I bought these shirts for my 13-year old sons to wear as school uniforms. They've held up well so far: stains wash out, they are still soft, and after 6 months still look decent.
EXCEPT ... it seems like the buttons just jumped off the shirts. I was able to rescue a few from the washer, but the kids just couldn't keep track of the buttons they lost in school. The top buttons didn't fall off as frequently, so I scavenged some of them to sew on. Since they don't button the top button, I figure it has something to do with using a button for the purpose it's meant to be used! Also, the stitching around the buttonhole is unraveling. As a mom, I notice these things. But if you are not as hard on clothing as teen boys, and pay attention to loose buttons, you will be pleased with these shirts for the cost.
Cheap Shirt - Review written on January 06, 2008
Rating: 3 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful.
3 stars, but only because of the price. I bought a few to have some professional looking shirts that I wouldn't care about if I messed them up. I should follow that with I wouldn't have cared if they got messed up over a period of time!
I wore one shirt twice without any problems, but after it went through the wash, the seam along the flap where the buttons are disappeared, leaving a hole nearly an inch long. I figured it would just be a cheap shirt, but I didn't expect it to fall apart after only wearing it twice. There's no reason for that. Even the cheapest of shirts usually last longer than that! I only wore it twice in an office setting!
I've worn the others the same amount, and they seem to be ok... so maybe I just got a dud. I'll get one more, and we'll see. At the price, recently dropped, it's a risk I'm willing to take again.
Not bad for the price...` - Review written on June 17, 2007
Rating: 4 out of 5
37 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.
My husband goes through these shirts like fecal material through a goose. I'm always trying to keep at least one NICE black shirt for him for dinners out and the like. If I'm not careful and don't hide at least one away, he uses all the polo shirts for yard work, golf, etc., and goes out in public with them, looking like someone should give him a donation out of pity.
Good (read: expensive) polos get the same treatment, so I figured this polo, which was on sale, was cheap enough to tuck away for "emergency" dinner out service. The other evening, when my husband's polos were all in the wash, I whipped this one out for him to put on.
You can probably tell from my description that my husband's not a clothes horse, and he usually doesn't comment on something as simple as a polo shirt - but this one, oddly enough, he really liked. No irritating tags around the collar; the material is soft, light, yet substantial. The tailoring is nicely done; no loose threads or pulls that you find too often in cheapie shirts.
The fit (an XL), surprisingly, was roomy (you usually figure a cheaper polo is going to cut corners somewhere.) My husband was very pleased (and even more so when I told him how inexpensive it was.)
I can't say yet how it washes, but even if it only makes it through a few wearings, I'm happy. And more importantly, so's my husband!