In 1896, John Brooks invented the original "button-down shirt" inspired by English polo players.
The button-down shirt became a staple of American fashion in the 20th century and ancestor of modern polo.
The first polo shirt ever was designed for tennis and wore a green alligator logo.
At the 1926 U.S. Open championship, a tennis player brings the first polo; white, short-sleeved, made of piqué cotton with a flat protruding collar, a buttoning and a longer back than the front.

The light cashmere polo can replace the shirt for elegance. Those in cotton experience different fineness and weights. Malo has been studying silhouettes, proportions and details for 50 years to make it a small masterpiece of craftsmanship.
It is the historic frames that make the magic. There is a world behind every pole: stitches, models, collars, sleeves, ribs, drops... A constant study.
The necks of our polo shirts are lowered and shaped, it takes dedication and care to make them. This method is refined and allows us to avoid any waste of packaging that can be had with the classic overlock. To John Brooks we owe the invention of sports polo, to Malo his sublimation in a timeless garment.