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In 1953, David Crystal, the owner of Izod and Haymaker, bought 50% of the rights to market Lacoste in America. The "Izod" and "Haymaker" brands were already established there. "Lacoste" was added to enhance the brands' prestige and introduce the name to American markets. The resulting union of the two companies was the piqué polo/tennis shirt ...
Izod Club: A line of dressy casual clothes from the 1990s, now discontinued; Izod XFG: A line of high-performance golf apparel and activewear, now discontinued; Izod Golf Z-Series: Launched spring 2020 as a golf line targeted towards Generation Z, it is distinguished from the standard Izod Golf line by featuring slim fits and cotton/polyester ...
Lacoste S.A. is a French luxury sports fashion company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste, and entrepreneur André Gillier.It sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, perfume, towels and watches.
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Jean René Lacoste (2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; [2] he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and eventually founded the brand and its logo in 1933.
The brand's name was a pun on the phrase "crock of shit" and its logo was a deceased Lacoste crocodile lying on its back. Croc O' Shirt was introduced in late 1980. [ 1 ] As Mad Dog Productions CEO Barry Gottlieb put it, Richmond, Virginia , where he was based, [ 2 ] "...was 'the heart of prepdom .' 'First, there were Izod shirts,' he says.
Maus Frères SA (French for "Maus Brothers") is a Swiss holding company based in Geneva that owns the Lacoste [1] brand, department stores and other businesses.. It was founded in 1902 by wholesalers Ernest and Henri Maus and retailer Léon Nordmann. [2]