Men's Clothes Guide I

Welcome to the I section of the Men's Clothes Guide. This is the smallest letter in the men's guide - a single topic - and one of the most unusual, because its one guide is not a garment category at all. The letter I belongs to Izod shirts: a brand page included on purpose: while a brand is not technically a type of shirt, this one was such an important concept that it deserved special attention. Decades later the reasoning still holds, and this hub is its front door.

Are there more clothing categories that start with the letter I? Probably yes - we are only human. If you know another men's apparel category beginning with I that belongs in this directory, the invitation to suggest it stands. Until another I topic earns its place, the letter stays deliberately small: one brand, one signature garment, and a story that runs from a London name and a French crocodile to the defining shirt of American preppy dress.

One Topic, One Signature Shirt

The single chip below leads to the complete Izod shirts guide. It explains what the brand is - a clothing company, officially stylized IZOD, producing dressy-casual clothing and sportswear for men, part of PVH in the modern era - and what made it famous: the short-sleeved pique polo shirt. That shirt's biography is the guide's spine. Izod of London paired with the Lacoste shirt company from 1952 to 1993; Vincent Draddy licensed the Lacoste shirt to give the line prestige, struggled at first to sell it at the then-expensive price of $8.00, and gave shirts away to famous friends - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bing Crosby, Daniel Platt and John F. Kennedy among them - until department stores took notice. Sold as Izod Lacoste and popularized simply as 'Izod,' the shirt reached its height of popularity in the United States in the late 1970s and became the signature 1980s preppy wardrobe item.

The guide also answers the question every shopper eventually asks at a rack: why the crocodile disappeared. The crocodile was Lacoste's mark, and when the names separated in the early 1990s - Izod reintroduced as moderate-priced department-store apparel under Crystal Brands, Lacoste repositioned as a luxury lifestyle brand - Izod no longer had access to it. Modern Izod polos carry a color-matching or coordinating crest and left-sleeve embroidery instead, and the guide shows how to read those marks, choose between classic and slimmer fits, and care for pique cotton so its collar and placket keep their shape.

Using This Letter

Use the grid below as the letter's complete map: the one topic is listed exactly once, and its guide covers what the brand is, the styles in the modern line from polos to dressy-casual woven shirts, how the sizing and fit families work, and how to care for the shirts so they last. The alphabet bar above reaches every other letter of the Men's Clothes Guide - and if I feels sparse by comparison, the neighboring letters are generous: H covers hats, headwear and hooded sweatshirts, and J opens the world of jackets and jeans. Small letters are part of an honest directory: the guide lists the topics men actually look up, one letter at a time, whether the letter brings fourteen guides or just one very famous shirt.

The Letter I Invitation

This section is the guide to men’s fashion that starts with the letter I. Are there more clothing categories that start with the letter “I”? Well, the answer is probably yes — please keep in mind that we are only human. If you know other men’s apparel categories that you think should be listed in this directory, the invitation to suggest them stands. Its single topic, men’s Izod shirts, is the guide in the grid below.