Port Authority L500 - Women's Silk Touch Polo - Cool Gray

The Port Authority L500 is the Women's Silk Touch Polo, a 5 oz 65/35 polyester/cotton pique knit with a flat knit collar and cuffs, cut to a women's shaped silhouette with side vents. It is the corporate polo a decorator reaches for when a uniform program needs a woman's-fit blank that matches the unisex K500 across a mixed-gender staff roster, the default for retail and hospitality uniforms, front-desk and reception staff, real-estate and dealership teams, conference and trade-show staff, and any embroidered uniform program where a wrinkle-resistant poly-cotton pique and a deep size range from XS to 6XL keep a whole team in one matched shirt. The 65% polyester gives the Silk Touch its wrinkle and shrink resistance and its silky hand, while the 35% cotton softens the face, and the flat knit collar and cuffs with dyed-to-match metal buttons read as a finished corporate piece rather than a casual tee.

The L500 is a 65/35 poly-cotton pique with a textured knit face, and that construction decides every decoration method. Embroidery is the primary method, a left-chest corporate logo or name stitches clean on the pique with a cut-away backing to support the design, and the 65% polyester holds thread tension and colour through industrial laundering. For screen printing, print on the flat back panel only, lay a poly-block underbase and cure at a low temperature since the 65% polyester migrates, and keep ink off the textured collar, placket and the seamed chest where a pique knit breaks up a print. For DTF, a low-bleed transfer presses names, numbers and small back marks on the flat panel at a controlled temperature, the cleanest route for player or staff names on a dark polo. For vinyl and HTV, a poly-friendly heat-transfer vinyl handles uniform numbering and lettering. DTG does not apply, since the textured pique and the 65% polyester give a muted, broken print on a digital pass; keep logo work to embroidery and flat-panel marks to DTF. Discharge does not apply either, since discharge needs cotton to strip and the 65% polyester will not bleach, and sublimation does not apply because a poly-cotton pique is not the clean polyester substrate sublimation needs.

• Brand: Port Authority
• Style: L500 (Port Authority Women's Silk Touch Polo)
• Fabric: 65/35 polyester/cotton pique knit, wrinkle and shrink resistant
• Weight: 5.0 oz/yd2
• Construction: 65/35 poly-cotton pique knit, women's shaped body. Flat knit collar and cuffs. Button placket with dyed-to-match metal buttons. Side vents. Double-needle armhole seams and hem.
• Fit: Women's shaped
• Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL, 6XL
• Colors available: 37 shades from White, Stone and Light Blue to Black, Navy, Burgundy and Eggplant, with corporate brights and heathers (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour and size before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low. Wrinkle and shrink resistant.

The reorder note specific to this style: the L500 is the women's cut of the unisex K500 in the same 65/35 Silk Touch pique, so a mixed-gender uniform program can run the same embroidered logo, thread colours and shirt colour across both bodies for a matched team look, and the wrinkle and shrink resistance holds fit across uniform laundering for a consistent reorder. Pair the L500 with the unisex Port Authority K500 to fit a whole staff in one Silk Touch colour, step over to the women's Port Authority L540 Silk Touch Performance when an active role needs a 100% polyester moisture-wicking polo, and reach for the Gildan G728L Double Pique when a program wants a lower-cost women's polo. TheClothingSpace stocks the L500 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

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