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Saturdays in The Swamp by Local Gainesville Artist Ashley Gillen

You are the Mayor of The Swamp!

Your Gainesville game day stories are the inspiration for Mayor's new Saturdays in The Swamp performance polo illustrated by local Gainesville artist Ashley Gillen.

Constructed with remarkable craftsmanship by the choice U.S. mill for performance polos, Saturdays in The Swamp is comfortable, long-lasting and fits you perfectly:

-Made in the USA
-Cooler, lighter & quicker drying than cotton with four-way stretch
-Moisture-wicking performance fabric (95% polyester / 5% spandex)
-Artwork repeating all-over is dye-sublimated for zero-fade
-Reinforced locking stitch for durability
-Spread collar reinforced to keep its shape
-Short-sleeves rest easily on the upper arm
-Three button-down front closure
-Machine wash cold with like colors & tumble dry low
-Shrink-resistant, wrinkle-resistant & anti-pilling
-UPF 30+ rating & tag-less

Your Gainesville Game Day Stories

GAINESVILLE, Florida—

“The Swamp, that's got a nice ring to it," the Head Ball Coach said and so it was.

Early in the morning and it is still hot & muggy from the night before, excruciating by midday and an oven by kickoff in The Swamp. Food is pre-cooked from the comfort of air-conditioned kitchens and ice is packed by the 20-pound bag. RVs have been loaded up and lined up all week waiting for game day to begin, and so have you.

It is palm trees & sunshine Florida, except old Florida is a more humid & stickier country, more orange & bluer, no ocean, no beach, no breeze, only relentless heat waves rippling off miles of shut-down roads, open fields and brick walkways.

Thick Spanish moss dangling from colossal oak trees is the only refuge from the oppressive heat and rain forest humidity. But inside the stadium, topping 125 degrees on the field, there is no escape. Who gets out alive?

Your Gainesville game day stories are the inspiration for Mayor's new Saturdays in The Swamp performance polo illustrated by local Gainesville artist Ashley Gillen:

“Gainesville on game day is crazy-hot, wet and loud. Roads are shut down; fans are everywhere and everything is focused on the game. In the stadium, it is even hotter and the fans are so loud you can hear the crowd for miles.”

Like you, local Gainesville artist Ashley Gillen loves hot, wet & loud game days in Gainesville. She grew up here, in the heat, watching this land-locked Florida city become The Swamp on Saturdays in the late summer and early fall every year.

Ashley illustrated your Gainesville game day stories for Mayor's new Saturdays in The Swamp performance polo. Ashley's wearable artwork radiates the essence of Gainesville game days wherever you wear it.

In a series of digital ink pen drawings, Ashley chose a whimsical style for the orange and blue motifs of the Gainesville game days you love to release the emotions of your story with unparalleled detail, as if you, the Mayor of Gainesville, are there, in the story:

Navigating endless rows of orange & blue canopies, tailgates and RVs with an endless list of your extended football family.

Hollering & chomping with ninety-thousand of your closest friends so loud they can hear you in Georgia.

Shutting down the bars with your old college crew in the last few hours you have to behave like twenty-year-olds.

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Mayor clothing is breathable, drapes softly over your body in a flattering silhouette and comfortably fits true to size.

Feel the perfect fit of Mayor's classic clothing designs by following our simple size guide below:

buy NeckChestWaistSleeveSleeve LengthPolo Length
Small14.5-15"37-39"29-32"33-34"8.5" 29"
Medium15.5-16"40-42"33-35"34-35"9" 30"
Large16.5-17"43-45"36-38"35-36"9.5" 31.25"
X-Large17.5-18"46-48"39-42"36-37"10" 32.5"
XX-Large18.5-19"49-52"43-45"37-38"10.5" 32.5"