Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store

My mother and I were at the Ralph Lauren outlet today to buy some polo shirts for a family friend’s son as a gift. The Ralph Lauren is pretty huge and was quite crowded too, mostly with mainlanders and their baggage at hand.
For the classic mens’ Polo shirts, you want to head all the way to the back of the store — it’s obvious because you’ll see all the folded shirts displayed in a color coded fashion, so it’s basically a wall of color. There’s almost every color imaginable here! Everything was 30% off, and given the fact that they’re pretty expensive to begin with, 30% is a sizable discount. We spent some time choosing between the solid colors and the plaid shirts. Eventually, we decided on getting one of the plaid shirts.
But there was a problem — we had no idea what size to get him. We couldn’t decide between the small and the medium — we considered the fact that he’s around medium build for a guy, but since he’s serving National Service back in Singapore he’s probably lost quite a bit of weight. We were asking one of the sales ladies for her opinion, and she told me we could have one of the male staff try on both sizes so we could compare. This was really nice of them, especially the male staff, as we had him try on the small, the medium, and then the small size again!
In the end, we went with getting the small size. I think the Ralph Lauren is a good place to go to if you have a solid idea of what you want. It’s no fun to poke around here because it’s kind of crowded, and there’s also sort of a weird musty smell clinging in the air. The salespeople are all very nice, so that’s always a plus.