Cotton piqué for all:

• Who wants to play sports in a sweaty cotton piqué?
  High-tech artificial fibers took charge on tennis courts long ago. And the clothing of the famous Tennis Stars does not even remind us remotely of traditional white tennis clothing. At the same time, the polo shirt already has two careers in sports in its past.
  
  
• British colonial masters invented its original form almost one hundred years ago in India. They adopted polo there, a sport which they found Indian maharajas playing. They not only brought the sticks, but also the short-sleeved shirts with buttoned collars to Europe. But the French tennis player René Lacoste, who simply found white pants and a white shirt too unsuitable for sports, was the first to invent today's polo shirt in 1927. It was made of
  cotton piqué, which soaked up sweat, had ribbed bands, which did not slip, and was not too tight. When the two-time Olympics gold medallist, known as "le crocodile" due to his toughness, retired from center court, he founded a textile company with the famous crocodile as logo.
  
  
• We know how the story continued. Today, polo shirts exist in all colors of the world, long-sleeved, as dresses, for children and senior citizens. Everyone can wear it.