▁Oxford ▁Indust ries . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁signature ▁lines ▁is ▁their ▁Sk ip jack ▁Pol o ▁Sh irt . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Steph enson , ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁Southern ▁T ide ▁came ▁about ▁during ▁college , ▁while ▁studying ▁abroad ▁in ▁Italy . ▁The ▁clean ▁lines ▁and ▁craft sm ans hip ▁of ▁Italian ▁architecture , ▁autom ob iles , ▁and ▁fashion ▁stuck ▁with ▁Steph enson ▁upon ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁During ▁his ▁senior ▁year ▁at ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁he ▁presented ▁his ▁concept ▁for ▁Southern ▁T ide ▁for ▁a ▁speech ▁class , ▁complete ▁with ▁sketch es , ▁his ▁plan ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁stores , ▁and ▁his ▁vision ▁for ▁a ▁high - quality ▁classic ▁cl othing ▁company . ▁Following ▁his ▁presentation , ▁Steph enson ▁rem embers ▁his ▁professor ▁encourag ing ▁him ▁to ▁purs ue ▁his ▁idea , ▁asking , ▁" What ▁are ▁you ▁doing ▁sitting ▁in ▁my ▁business ▁intro duct ory ▁speech ▁class ? ". ▁That ▁night , ▁he ▁pack ed ▁up ▁his ▁d orm ▁room ▁and ▁drove ▁home ▁to ▁Green ville , ▁South ▁Carolina . ▁After ▁dro pping ▁out ▁of ▁college , ▁he ▁spent ▁months ▁research ing ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁pol o ▁sh ir ts ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁The ▁finished ▁product ▁became ▁the ▁Southern ▁T ide ▁Sk ip jack ▁Pol o , ▁identified ▁by ▁the ▁company ' s ▁emb roid ered ▁Sk ip jack ▁em blem ▁on ▁the ▁ch est . ▁ ▁Product s ▁ ▁Southern ▁T ide ▁special