Port Authority Y500 Youth Silk Touch Polo Shirt

Description of Port Authority Y500 / #Y500

Nobody has time to iron a seven-year-old’s shirt at 7:15 on a school morning, and this Polo Shirt gets that. It’s made from Port Authority’s Silk Touch pique, a 5-ounce poly/cotton blend that resists wrinkles and shrinking, so it can go from the dryer (or, let’s be honest, the floor) straight onto a kid and still look decent by the time the bus pulls up.

The fabric lives up to its name, too. It’s smooth and soft, which helps with the kids who treat anything with a collar like a punishment. Port Authority sized the details to fit smaller bodies: the little sizes get a two-button placket and the bigger ones get three, so the neckline looks right on a kindergartner and a seventh grader alike. The buttons are metal with plastic rims dyed to match, the collar and cuffs are flat knit, and side vents at the hem give a bit of room for wiggling, climbing and whatever else happens before lunch. The armholes and hem are double-needle stitched, which is handy when the shirt’s going to be pulled over a head a few hundred times a year.

This is the same Silk Touch polo that adults have worn to work for years, so schools and teams can put teachers, coaches and students in one matching look. There’s even a long sleeve youth version for when the weather turns.

• 5 oz., 65% Polyester/ 35% Cotton Silk Touch pique
• Wrinkle- and shrink-resistant
• Flat knit collar and cuffs
• 2-button placket on XS–M
• 3-button placket on L–XL
• Metal buttons with dyed-to-match plastic rims
• Double-needle armhole seams and hem
• Side vents
• Youth sizes XS–XL

Shopping for school uniform polos? Take a look at our guide, When is the Best Time to Wear a Polo Shirt?, for more polos that work for school and work uniforms.