Sunspel

Of course you do.

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Some Riviera's down to £63 and some like in Navy down to £72

I bought a blue Sunspel Riviera from Farfetch recently as they were selling for £45. But when I received the item, I swear the polo was black. I kept it anyway but would any owners possibly be able to upload a picture in a decent light of their navy polo please?

Just wash it once. You'll quickly be able to tell whether it used to be blue or used to be black.

Coincidentally this thread happens to be here so asking this here: I own the Riviera in size S and have been using it for few years now but thought that I should size up for my next Riviera since the S feels too snug on the upper body. I'm aiming for fitted look but this is pretty much like skin tight.  So I decided to go for the size M thinking it would be a perfect fit since according to the product measurements in the Sunspel website it should be a little bit bigger in every direction expect for the sleeve length. Well I have now received my M, but it turns out to be a lot bigger than my current S. I already washed it once at 40 °C but no noticeable difference. After taking a few measurements from both of my polos, the ones taken from the M matched nicely the given dimensions in the website but the size S was had a chest measurement of 90 cm (96 cm in the website) and length of 63 cm (70 cm in the website). So unless some major changes has been made to the sizing, some serious shrinkage had occurred.

So my question here is, do you other Riviera owners remember if the polo kept shrinking after the first wash or do I have to head to the tailor? I remember the S being bigger when I initially got it and tested it before washing but can't remember if it only happened in the first wash. One option is also to try to wash it at 60 °C but I'd preferably avoid that.

I have been washing my S at 30, I think that is pretty much considered as a cold wash. But as I said, I tried to wash the M at 40 once but no noticeable difference in size just yet. Wondering here if I just should keep washing it since at the moment it certainly doesn’t feel slim at all.

Shrinking is desired here, so do you think it will shrink more when I keep washing it or should I just take it to the tailor? Any experiences from the owners?

Whilst out and about I managed to snag a Riviera in a local charity shop for the amazing price of..... £6