1990's Ralph Lauren baseball jersey?

I found this today at a thrift store (not my regular one; I'd just left it and decided to stop at another on the way home).
I did a google image search and 2 photos came back saying it was a 1990's Polo Sport baseball jersey - but both were from a Asian country (by the text in each)?
Is this real or a knock off? Does anyone remember it?
Thank you for any information!

 

Does it have an RN on the tag?

Debora

 

That has some quality issues I'd be concerned about.

Debora

 

Doesn't look like anything I know. Usually the fakes are Chinese, but who knows.

 

I am just guessing. If it was dating back then to that decade, I would think it would all cotton. I have some vintage RL sheets here and most are all cotton if they were from the 90's.
Also that siggie looks odd. to me.

 

In addition to the quality, the logo doesn't look quite right.

Debora

 

This is all I could find - the last tag was inside shirt, sewn into it near bottom.
The next to last is back of collar tag.
But I don't see a RN

 

I'd say genuine vintage if not genuine Polo - "machine wash warm" .

 

Is machine wash warm and older instruction? (stop laughing; between my mom as a kid and wives 1 & 2 - and now drop off wash & fold - I don't think I've ever used a washing machine!

 

Yup. Most things now are cool/cold; the fabrics are cheaper and the manufactuer scum (all of them!) don't preshrink their cotton! I even had a flannel shirt shrink so badly that I can't wear it any more, even after washing it a few times without incident. Meanwhile, an old KMart special from 30 years ago that I found NWT? Machine wash warm. The old junk is better quality than the new higher-end mall store. Go figure.

 

It is. The quality of clothing nowadays is appalling.

Debra

 

This explains part of why Vintage is hot. Even people who were the kids who bought Fast Fashion don't want it any more. The stores now use really cheap synthetics with horrible construction. Even LL Bean, my old stand-by, is effected. Old farts like me know what fabrics from the 50s and 60s felt like and knew better from the beginning.

 

Also, the 90s/00 are back again. Saw two kids in plaid pants with chains on today. They were adorable. I see them wearing my old outfits and I feel like I timewarped.

Private equity and chinese direct commerce has absolutely destroyed the clothing market. Even people shopping at formally "quality" retailers, won't find it. Everything is horrid polyester but at quality fabric prices.

I started thrifting all my clothes years and years ago. I don't buy anything poly unless it's a raincoat lol. It gets to 110+ here so I can't be wearing unbreathable garbage bag material. I have a ton of vintage in my closet and always get complements.

 

@mirana I would never put on poly anything either. Between our humidity & strong sun that is a big nope. I have a few dresses that were my Grandmothers, my Great Grandfather was a dress maker. A few years before she passed she gave me her favorites that she kept. 90’s/00 clothing considered vintage, damn I am old!

 

I should say it's mostly 90s but there's some Y2K kiddos mixed in...so not all the 00s. I have 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and one 50s dress. My wardrobe isn't a specific vintage... It's what I think is an interesting piece and is quality fabric.

I bet those dresses were beautiful!

 

I have a cotton velveteen skirt in red with brightly multicolored (teal, orchid, mustard etc) floral print. It was originally a wrap, but I sewed a seam and added a short side zip and now it fits my fat self. Bought it purely for the fabric. One of the first times I wore it, a friend's two year old took one look, ran over and hugged the skirt. The fabrics were different then.

 

I love the sound of that print! Proper wrap skirts have the right coverage...the more modern ones are no doubt trying to save fabric and give everyone a show. I don't fault you for sewing one up!

 

It was meant for a skinny teenager. I was never skinny, even as a teenager. Better yet, it's a maxi.

 

I believe this came out in 2003. It looks genuine to me. Worth about $125-$150.00.

The first piece of clothing I purchased an "adult" (I was 18, in the Army) was a white Polo Ralph Lauren cotton jacket in 1983. Cost $45. That was over half my weekly pay, at the time!! I still have it. Lol, it doesn't fit anymore so now my granddaughter wears it.

Probably 3/4th of my wardrobe is vintage Polo. Love the quality of the older stuff. I also have over 50 ties from the 90's when they were designing awesome graphic prints of horses, sports and nautical themes.

Below is a link to a wonderful story of a gentleman who collects Polo "conversational ties" These older ties are becoming very collectible and some are down right expensive!!

https://thecavenderdiary.com/2020/06/04/the-art-of-the-conversational/

 

Is "conversational" the new word for "novelty"?

I love RL/Polo clothing, too. Lovely neat and classic styling.