Fred Perry has released two new limited edition polo shirts in Japan. The polos feature a digital print madras pattern all-over. They come with white collar and cuffs or black collar and cuffs and are now available at Fred Perry Japan stores.

More detailed images of the madras polo shirts follow after the jump.

Once again Visvim has dropped some new apparel from their Spring/Summer 2009 Collection. This week they released the Basic Weller polo shirts in a series of colorways, as well as the new Fluxus 99 denim shorts. Via SV, Reinforce.

Detailed images of all colorways of the new Visvim polo shirts follow after the jump.

In the 60s, when Mods were hanging out at Milk Bars, gingham shirts were a must for anybody who wanted to be part of the scene.
In their second collaboration, size? UK and Fred Perry pay homage to the iconic pattern, with a collection around the classic black/red and white/black colorways. For both color schemes there will be Tipped Cuff and Oxford models of footwear, along with a "Made In England" small collar polo.
The Oxford will include a gingham side quarter, while the tipped cuff will feature a gingham cuff and both will include a question mark logo lace lock. The polo will be finished with a gingham placket.
The limited edition size? x Fred Perry footwear and polo shirts will be released at size? stores in September ‘08.
After the jump a more detailed look at the footwear and at the polo shirts.

Last season Head Porter Plus introduced their first collaboration with Fred Perry on their classic polo shirts. The collaboration continues this season and once again the Japanese brand worked on two polo shirts. 
As part of their Fall/Winter 2008 season, they present a black and charcoal polo shirt, both featuring metallic finishing on the collar and the sleeves. Also once again the Fred Perry laurel logo appears on the bottom left, instead of on the chest, like all classic polos from the UK brand.
The polos are now available at Reinforce.
More detailed images of the Fred Perry x Head Porter Plus Fall/Winter 2008 polos after the jump.

Today we came across an interesting collaboration between Fila and Wallpaper magazine. The Italian sportswear brand worked with Wallpaper on two polo shirts.
"The first, ‘Grandslam’, pays homage to Borg: the front of the ‘Settanta’ polo knit sports gold pinstripes and a solid block of glyphs, which, on closer inspection, reveal themselves to be the scores of each of Borg’s championship matches. On the reverse are his runner-up results. For the jacket, the right sleeve was wrapped with the winning scores in gold, and the left sleeve with the silver runner-up scores.
For the second design, ‘Richie Tenenbaum’ polo shirts, Wallpaper* was inspired by Luke Wilson’s character – a former tennis great in the film The Royal Tenenbaums – to create an understated cut. The blue and white striped design is given a serve of humour with a graphic pair of sunglasses printed on the chest pocket."
The limited edition polo shirts are now available at selected Fila retailers.
More detailed images after the jump.

LACOSTE has teamed up with New York’s Alife Rivington Club (A.R.C.) for a limited edition capsule collection of polos and tennis shoes. Images have been circulating for a while already, but now we can give you an exclusive and complete first look at this fascinating upcoming collaboration project. The world famous rare sneaker resource located on the Lower East Side at 158 Rivington Street was opened in 2001 by the ALIFE design studio. 

‘The Rivington Club is committed to brands that have a true athletic history’, says Arnaud Delecolle, ALIFE co-founder. ‘A.R.C.’s aesthetic involves classic sports imagery, heritage and tradition. This translates into bold color statements with highly visible and recognizable graphics. When given the opportunity to work on the classic LACOSTE polo shirt, we decided to apply this aesthetic to the garments. We stayed in line with our shop’s colour theme of black, red and purple and decided to increase the scale of the crocodile logo to a truly utilitarian size. The concept being if these shirts were worn on the field, all the graphic elements would serve their purpose of conveying information from a distance.’

A.R.C. also changed some of the shirt’s construction elements to reflect the sturdiness required on rugby jerseys, including the collar and placket system as well as the inside tape on the collars and side vents. There are two polos in two colours each: one features the red A.R.C logo opposing the crocodile on white and black/grey polos, while the other has the gold Rivington Club crest embroidered on the left breast on both red and black polos. All have the number 158 sewn on the back, a nod to their Rivington Street address.

For footwear, A.R.C. stayed with the sports uniform theme to tie in to the polo shirts. They proposed the Ardeur tennis shoe, which was the original LACOSTE performance tennis shoe dating from 1983, in solid colours of white, black, purple and red with the bold A.R.C. logo brandished on the heel. The uppers are tone-on-tone leather with piqué mesh side panels, while the authentic polyurethane mid and outsole provide cushioned comfort. The shoes incorporate A.R.C.’s signature red/black bias striped pattern on the tongue with a white LACOSTE logo, while the leather in-sole features a black/white print and A.R.C. logo.
Once again A.R.C. presents an impressive collaborative project and they managed to infuse their style and philosophy into Lacoste product, without the product loosing its very own Lacoste style and history.
The A.R.C. x Lacoste collection will be released in July at Rivington Club, Barney’s in NYC, Colette, Dover Street Market, 10 Corso Como and select Lacoste doors.
A.R.C. worked on 4 colorways of the Ardeur tennis shoe and matching 4 polo shirts. We present you the complete line-up after the jump.

Most of the time when we present you polo shirts we look at Lacoste or Fred Perry. Today we show you the latest from a UK classic, Lyle & Scott. Equally known for their knitwear and polo shirts, as the two other brands mentioned above, Lyle & Scott presents some limited edition styles this season.
They released the checkered polos coming with a blue/white, red/white and black/white patterns. They also came out with the neon tip polos, coming in black with neon colors on the sleeves and the collar. These also come in several colorways.
The new Lyle & Scott limited edition polos are now available at End.
More images after the jump.

Fred Perry enters yet another interesting collaborative project and recently got together with Japanese brand Head Porter Plus to work on their classic polo shirts. They kept it simple and the main difference to the regular Fred Perry polo is the different placement of the logo, which is at the bottom instead of the chest.
The polo shirts will be released soon at the Head Porter Annex store and the Honeyee store.

Last week we gave you a first scoop of the new Fred Perry Blank Canvas collection, this Spring/Summer in collaboration with &Son. Here you can now have a closer look at the polo shirts of the collection thanks to Honeyee.

Fred Perry worked on some special pieces that will be exclusively available at Beams stores in Japan. They present patchwork polo shirts, button-up polos, polka dot polos,  polos with all-over embroideries of the Fred Perry logo and more.
It is always impressive to see how much one can do with a simple polo shirt to make it interesting again! Look out for these in the coming weeks!