Polo shirts

[HappyCamper49]

On 7/6/2021 at 8:00 PM, davekathy said:

Yes he can. We always do SD (MDR) and I always wear a polo/golf style shirt with dockers every evening. 

We have sailed on the Solstice (AK), Silhouette (TA), and Reflection (Eastern Med.) and I must say that on each of those cruises, 99% of our gentlemen dinner companions wore long-sleeve button down shirts.  My hubby wore a polo shirt the first night on the Alaska cruise and was the only one wearing one at a table for 8.  He wore long sleeves afterwards.  Same thing happened on the Reflection's 2019 eastern Med. cruise.  He also wore long sleeves the remaining 11 nights! 

[bucfan2]

7 hours ago, HappyCamper49 said:

We have sailed on the Solstice (AK), Silhouette (TA), and Reflection (Eastern Med.) and I must say that on each of those cruises, 99% of our gentlemen dinner companions wore long-sleeve button down shirts.  My hubby wore a polo shirt the first night on the Alaska cruise and was the only one wearing one at a table for 8.  He wore long sleeves afterwards.  Same thing happened on the Reflection's 2019 eastern Med. cruise.  He also wore long sleeves the remaining 11 nights! 

I wore a polo shirts last week on the Edge.  Have no idea what everyone else wore.  Apparently everyone felt I was appropriately dressed, or used the better part of discretion in not letting me know if they didn't approve of my shirts.

[Fly and Sail]

I've seen people wear polo shirts even on Chic Night. I usually wear short sleeve shirts unless it's a rather cold environment. Your husband will be fine, Celebrity isn't a "stiff" cruise line.

[Fly and Sail]

8 hours ago, HappyCamper49 said:

We have sailed on the Solstice (AK), Silhouette (TA), and Reflection (Eastern Med.) and I must say that on each of those cruises, 99% of our gentlemen dinner companions wore long-sleeve button down shirts.  My hubby wore a polo shirt the first night on the Alaska cruise and was the only one wearing one at a table for 8.  He wore long sleeves afterwards.  Same thing happened on the Reflection's 2019 eastern Med. cruise.  He also wore long sleeves the remaining 11 nights! 

 

Maybe that depends on who you sat with but my experience on X is completely the opposite. I've seen max 60% wearing long sleeve button down shirts with the rest wearing either sweaters, polos, short sleeve or other styles including T-Shirts at the main dining room.

[dkjretired]

1 hour ago, Fly and Sail said:

I've seen people wear polo shirts even on Chic Night. I usually wear short sleeve shirts unless it's a rather cold environment. Your husband will be fine, Celebrity isn't a "stiff" cruise line.

Polo shirts are allowed on evening chic nights.  It should be remembered in these topics there is a big difference between the rules and people's opinions. 

Edited August 7, 2021 by dkjretired

[zitsky]

I would probably wear a short sleeved dress shirt with a sweater. 

 

Was at City Club Raleigh last night.  Saw a patron maybe mid 30s wearing an long sleeve shirt untucked with the sleeves folded up once.  I have to admit, he pulled it off nicely. 

[davekathy]

56 minutes ago, dkjretired said:

Polo shirts are allowed on evening chic nights.  It should be remembered in these topics there is a big difference between the rules and people's opinions. 

Agree. Since the introduction of evening chic (2016) I stopped brining formal wear. I wear a polo/golf style shirt with dockers every evening in the MDR (SD). Except the first evening of the cruise I wear shorts with a polo/golf style shirt. 

[Peteymil]

My husband wears a polo shirt every night, has never felt or looked underdressed!

[kwokpot]

1 hour ago, zitsky said:

I would probably wear a short sleeved dress shirt with a sweater. 

One of my go-to outfits consists of casual slacks and just a lightweight cotton V-neck sweater. It looks dressy, casual and contemporary all at the same time. 

[zitsky]

34 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

One of my go-to outfits consists of casual slacks and just a lightweight cotton V-neck sweater. It looks dressy, casual and contemporary all at the same time. 

 

What kind of shirt do you wear or is it just the sweater?  I'll sometimes wear a colored tshirt underneath a sweater.

[Fly and Sail]

3 hours ago, davekathy said:

Agree. Since the introduction of evening chic (2016) I stopped brining formal wear. I wear a polo/golf style shirt with dockers every evening in the MDR (SD). Except the first evening of the cruise I wear shorts with a polo/golf style shirt. 

 

I like to bring a nice jacket which I casually wear at times anyway and have matching pants to it instead of jeans. Also makes for a nice picture taking. But I certainly won't bring something like a tux. Now if a particular cruise line is known for being very conservative (Cunard?) maybe this would be different but the reason why I like Celebrity is exactly this fine line of allowing casual-elegant clothing for the dining room.

[zitsky]

3 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

 

I like to bring a nice jacket which I casually wear at times anyway and have matching pants to it instead of jeans. Also makes for a nice picture taking. But I certainly won't bring something like a tux. Now if a particular cruise line is known for being very conservative (Cunard?) maybe this would be different but the reason why I like Celebrity is exactly this fine line of allowing casual-elegant clothing for the dining room.

 

Just curious.  Is there any place where you *would* wear a jacket with jeans?  Does that work?

[kwokpot]

30 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

 

I like to bring a nice jacket which I casually wear at times anyway and have matching pants to it instead of jeans. Also makes for a nice picture taking. But I certainly won't bring something like a tux. Now if a particular cruise line is known for being very conservative (Cunard?) maybe this would be different but the reason why I like Celebrity is exactly this fine line of allowing casual-elegant clothing for the dining room.

For my 10/30/21 Edge cruise I'm bringing this linen sports jacket(From Zara) and pairing it with jeans or casual slacks and a t-shirt, polo shirt or linen sweater.

 

[kwokpot]

2 hours ago, zitsky said:

 

What kind of shirt do you wear or is it just the sweater?  I'll sometimes wear a colored tshirt underneath a sweater.

Just the sweater. I have many cotton or cotton/linen pullover sweaters I wear alone. Almost all exclusively from Banana Republic.  

[zitsky]

1 hour ago, kwokpot said:

For my 10/30/21 Edge cruise I'm bringing this linen sports jacket(From Zara) and pairing it with jeans or casual slacks and a t-shirt, polo shirt or linen sweater.

 

 

I haven't had a linen suit for a long time.  I think I grew out of it.  I used to be very skinny.

 

What kind of casual slacks?  I do dockers when traveling.