Tesco shoppers have been left gobsmacked at one of the shirt offerings within store, with one ex-employee of a designer brand convinced that it’s practically the same
Some Tesco shoppers can’t believe their eyes after popping into their local supermarket for some bits recently, because they’ve got something seriously exciting in store. “Tesco is doing a madness out here,” Helia, who posts on TikTok as @helia.heli, shared as she showed off some of the newest arrivals in store.
Of course, it’s no surprise to anyone that unless you’ve been saving up for quite some time and are ready to seriously splash some cash (or you win the lottery, of course) buying everything designer is going to set you back a pretty penny. That’s why people can’t get enough of dupe items; and that’s where Tesco steps in.
Helia joked that surely it “wasn’t legal” for Tesco to be taking heavy inspiration from the designer brand Hugo Boss.
The waffle polo shirt with a dual-coloured stripe resembled a designer version that comes in at around £129, so she was shocked to see it in Tesco for just £18.
“As someone who used to work at Boss, I know Boss when I see Boss,” Helia shared, picking out another potential dupe for the brand.
This top was a similar polo style, but instead, it was in a pale blue colour.
Of course, Hugo Boss aren’t the only designer brand to make polo shirts – Ralph Lauren, Lacoste, Fred Perry, and Burberry all have their own takes on it.
So, it’s not an issue that Tesco has launched its own versions, albeit a lot less pricey, as some Burberry styles will set you back close to £400.
Helia looked at the camera as she said: “Ten quid,” and blinked in shock, not being able to believe that at your local supermarket you can not only pick up chicken, fizzy drinks, and veggies, but also a cheeky designer dupe as well.
In the comments, people were quick to defend Tesco, saying: “Who says it’s their colours? Pretty sure they don’t own them”.
Others asked where they could get them from, and one woman replied: “Pretty sure all of them! My husband has the white one”.
Another fumed: “Boss? So they stole the twin tip from Fred Perry, who, no doubt, stole it from elsewhere…it’s a polo love, it ain’t that deep”.
People were quick to say that it was “just a polo” and she “shouldn’t overthink it”.
The first polo shirt was actually designed by René Lacoste, French tennis player. According to their website, “In 1933, René Lacoste created his own brand and launched the first polo shirt in history. Its name, ‘L.12.12’, where the ‘L’ stands for Lacoste, the ‘1’ stands for the selected Petit Piqué fabric: a special mesh structure that gives cotton a surprising lightness, the ‘2’ stands for the short sleeves and ’12’ for the number of the final prototype”.
It has “three inventions that would change the face of garment’s history: the shirt collar featuring a button placket, the fluid and breathable ‘petit piqué’ jersey developed by Lacoste, and the crocodile embroidered on the chest”.
