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\"\"Somewhere between a Hamptons dinner reservation and a courtside seat, the polo shirt slipped out of the golf bag and into the front row. It happened quietly, the way the best trends tend to, and it happened first on Julia Roberts<\/strong>, spotted walking through New York City in a retro-striped knitwear polo by TWP<\/strong>, paired with straight-leg jeans and ballet flats so minimal they practically disappeared. Nothing about the look screamed for attention. That, it turns out, is exactly the point.<\/p>\n

From Clubhouse Clich\u00e9 to Runway Favorite<\/strong>\"\"<\/h1>\n

The polo has always carried a whiff of the country club, of tennis whites and monogrammed golf bags, an item so tied to a specific kind of old-money leisure that it once felt almost costume-like to wear one seriously. Fashion has spent the last few seasons quietly dismantling that association. Miu Miu<\/strong> softened the silhouette in playful cotton, Loewe<\/strong> styled its version with slouchy leather trousers that had nothing to do with a clubhouse, and Chanel<\/strong> sent striped polos down its cruise runway paired with bikini bottoms, stripping the piece of its uniform stiffness entirely. Ralph Lauren<\/strong>, the house practically synonymous with the polo shirt itself, answered with a gold lam\u00e9 take worn under a billowing tulle skirt, a wink at the very heritage it helped invent.<\/p>\n

\"\"There’s a nice bit of irony in watching the polo get this kind of couture treatment, given that its cultural blueprint was written not on a runway but in a paperback. The Official Preppy Handbook<\/em>, Lisa Birnbach’s 1980 satirical bible of Ivy League dressing, turned the polo into a kind of sartorial punchline, a garment so earnestly collegiate it became a costume for irony as much as belonging. Reading it today feels almost prophetic: the book understood, well before fashion caught up, that the polo shirt was never really about sport, but about signaling a lifestyle, real or performed.<\/p>\n

The Off-Duty Uniform Everyone’s Wearing Now<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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That signaling instinct is exactly what today’s crop of polo wearers seem to be leaning into, deliberately, almost mischievously. Rihanna<\/strong> and Hailey Bieber<\/strong> were early champions of the shirt’s return, favoring slightly oversized fits that undercut any hint of stuffiness, while Bella Hadid<\/strong> has folded striped polos into her rotation of off-duty basics, treating them less like a uniform and more like a statement piece in disguise. Layered under a blazer, tucked into a pleated miniskirt, or left loose over baggy denim, the polo now reads as knowing rather than nostalgic, worn by people fully aware of what it used to mean and choosing to rewrite it anyway.<\/p>\n

\"\"For fall, the styling formula favors texture over polish: a ribbed or waffled knit polo swaps in easily for a sweater, striped versions stand in for a plain tee under a leather jacket, and the collar itself becomes the whole point of an outfit rather than something to hide. It’s a small piece to build a season around, but that’s precisely its charm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42787,"featured_media":116090,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17],"yoast_head":"\nThe Polo Shirt Is Fall 2026\u2019s Unexpected Comeback Trend \u2014 Here\u2019s How Fashion People Are Wearing It - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From Julia Roberts' striped knitwear polo to Miu Miu and Chanel's runways, the polo shirt is quietly having its most glamorous season yet.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Polo Shirt Is Fall 2026\u2019s Unexpected Comeback Trend \u2014 Here\u2019s How Fashion People Are Wearing It\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Julia Roberts' striped knitwear polo to Miu Miu and Chanel's runways, the polo shirt is quietly having its most glamorous season yet.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-16T13:10:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/09\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anna Maria Giano\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/7d9ae01fa238788279cacd8399e47e9f\"},\"headline\":\"The Polo Shirt Is Fall 2026\u2019s Unexpected Comeback Trend \u2014 Here\u2019s How Fashion People Are Wearing It\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-16T15:21:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-16T13:10:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026\/\"},\"wordCount\":513,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Fashion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/polo-shirts-trending-fall-2026\/\",\"name\":\"The Polo Shirt Is Fall 2026\u2019s Unexpected Comeback Trend \u2014 Here\u2019s How Fashion People Are Wearing It - 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