Nike Court Dri-FIT Men’s Tennis Polo

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Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo

THIS TOP IS THE GREATEST TOAST BEFORE THE BAR RAID! 100% polyester; Nike says the whole shirt uses second-life polyester, with two-button placket, fold-over collar, four colourways, and Dri-FIT sweat control that will not wash out. Eight kilometres of moonlit marble gorge, then shots—Jabalpur.

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Four stops before the checkout

Jabalpur, India
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exercise for stress relief — Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo photographed at the Rani Durgavati Museum galleries in Jabalpur
Stop one

the Rani Durgavati Museum, galleries of Kalachuri stone carving, inscriptions and coins

Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo: THIS MUSEUM STOP IS THE GREATEST PRE-GAME EVER—Kalachuri stone carvings, inscriptions, and coins all in one place, and yes, the polo is dressed for the after-party. Somebody get the tour bus a round!

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exercise for stress relief — Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo photographed at Madan Mahal Fort in Jabalpur
Stop two

Madan Mahal Fort, a Gond stronghold part-carved into a bare granite boulder with a rock-cut tank

Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo: MADAN MAHAL FORT IS ABSOLUTELY UNHINGED IN THE BEST WAY—a Gond stronghold part-carved into a bare granite boulder with a rock-cut tank. This polo just showed up like it owns the VIP list!

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exercise for stress relief — Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo photographed at the Chausath Yogini temple at Bhedaghat near Jabalpur
Stop three

the Chausath Yogini temple at Bhedaghat, a circle 125 feet across lined with eighty-one cells

Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo: CHAUDHARY, HOLD MY DRINK—this Chausath Yogini temple is a 125-foot-wide circle lined with eighty-one cells, which is basically the most epic dance floor blueprint in history. Night out at the temple route? KIDDING, RESPECTFULLY, BUT WOW!

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exercise for stress relief — Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo photographed by the marble gorge at Bhedaghat near Jabalpur
Stop four

the marble gorge at Bhedaghat, eight kilometres of white and pink cliff ending at the Dhuandhar falls

Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo: THE MARBLE GORGE IS THE GREATEST CLIFF PARTY NATURE EVER HOSTED—eight kilometres of white and pink rock rolling all the way to Dhuandhar Falls. The polo is cool, the gorge is cooler, and I require a celebratory drink immediately!

The Jabalpur, India track

Nike Court Dri-FIT Men's Tennis Polo

Written for this world alone.

One hundred per cent recycled. ONE HUNDRED. Stop me — no, do not stop me, this is the good bit. This polo is 100% polyester and Nike says the whole thing is made from recycled polyester fibres, which means every fibre in the shirt on your back had a previous career as something else and has been dragged back out for one more shift. I LOVE THAT.

It has a fold-over collar and a two-button placket, it machine washes, and it comes in four colourways: Black/White, Navy/White, Obsidian/White, and White/Black. Obsidian, by the way, is a very dark blue and not black, and if you buy the wrong one you will be annoyed at me and not at yourself.

That is my favourite kind of guest.

Dri-FIT is the technology and here is the actual mechanism, because it is better than the advertising: it is a microfiber construction that lifts sweat off your skin and spreads it out over the surface of the cloth, so a big thin puddle evaporates instead of a small deep one sitting in the weave. Big surface, fast evaporation, that is all it is, and it is PHYSICS, not a coating.

And the part I genuinely raise a glass to: Nike states the sweat-managing property is permanent for the life of the garment. It cannot wear off. You cannot ruin it by washing it too often, which — and I say this with love — some of you needed to hear.

There is nothing on top of the fabric to come off.

Jabalpur. Right. THE MARBLE. Eight kilometres of white and pink cliff standing over the Narmada at Bhedaghat, and at the end of it the river throws itself off the edge at the Dhuandhar falls, which means smoke cascade, because the spray comes up as mist. Eight kilometres of marble gorge. You take a boat through it.

In the moonlight, which is the only correct time, the whole thing GLOWS. You will wear this everywhere from an evening clinic back home to a boat under those cliffs — and by the way, it is perfect for the walk round the Chausath Yogini circle up top, which is 125 feet across with eighty-one cells in it, and then dinner, and then more of the evening.

OBVIOUSLY more of the evening.

Every fibre in this shirt had a previous career and has been dragged back out for one more shift. My favourite kind of guest.

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