Lacoste S.A. is a French designer fashion brand, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste, and entrepreneur André Gillier. It sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, perfume
Flagship store on Fifth Avenue, New York City
René Lacoste founded La Chemise Lacoste in 1933 with André Gillier
A polo shirt, tennis shirt, golf shirt, or chukker shirt is a form of shirt with a collar. Polo shirts are usually short sleeved but can be long. They were used by polo players originally in British I
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…with André Gillier, the owner and president of the largest French knitwear manufacturing firm at the time. They began to produce the revolutionary polo Lacoste had designed and worn on the tennis courts, with the crocodile logo embroidered on the chest. The company claims this as the first example of…
A Lacoste tennis shirt
Polo players Paul Barr, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Adolfo Cambiaso, Martin Valent with fellow player Prince William (center), wearing polo shirts as part of their uniform.