To the point of overdose, some go so far as to superimpose several polo shirts to multiply their effect... So much so that today, the collar raised on a polo shirt is, like the sweater on the shoulders, difficult to assume in some contexts.
This is despite the efforts of Y2K fashion followers, no doubt motivated by Usher's words, to make it acceptable again.
Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca”
And for a shirt?
It is easy to decide: even when it is worn without a tie, it must now invariably be worn with a “turned down” collar.
With the exception, of course, of the Mao model which, by definition, is rising…
But where the question arises is when we are interested in coats.
The two eternal icons of the raised collar trench coat that are Alain Delon in
Le Samouraï
and Humphrey Bogart in
Casablanca
showed that this
gimmick
could work.
The reason is simple: when Bogart raises his collar, it is not, unlike polo students, for style, but to protect himself from…
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