I Wore a J.Crew Polo for a Week. And I Could’ve Kept Going

Lately it’s been looking like an episode of The O.C. out there, with cargo shorts, piqué polo shirts, Brad Pitt buzz cuts, and flip-flops taking over the streets. But where three of those were recently yanked out of a vault labeled “Y2K” (left inside: a Nokia, center-part haircuts, visors), the humble piqué polo never went away. And never will.

If you don’t recognize the word “piqué,” you know the texture. Subtly bumpy, like a waffle cone, it’s the result of raised parallel…