Lacoste Vertical Color Block Polo White/Gray/Black
A signature design from the Lacoste wardrobe, this L.12.12 Polo Shirt in cotton petit piqué combines comfort and elegance. A chic, timeless essential, ideal for any occasion.
At the age of 18, René Lacoste lived in Bordeaux with his family and was a gifted student at the Polytechnic School. Just like his father, he was passionate about sport and playing tennis took up most of his time.
This passion finally led him to abandon his studies to invent his own life. Match after match, René Lacoste wrote the history of tennis until he became the best player in the world (1926-1927) With seven Grand Slam titles under his belt, he made a name for himself - and even earned a nickname.
In Boston in 1923, his captain promised to buy him a crocodile leather suitcase he had been admiring in a shop window if he won his next match. René lost, but in tribute to his tenacity on the court and in reference to this unusual bet, the American press christened him “the crocodile.” The nickname was quickly adopted throughout the tennis world.
René himself even encouraged it, asking his friend and stylist Robert George to sew a crocodile onto the white jackets he wore when arriving onto the court. And with that, the legend began.
Lacoste Vertical Color Block Polo
- Ribbed collar and armbands
- 2-button placket
- Mother-of-pearl buttons
- Classic fit
- Cotton petit piqué
- Cotton (100%)
- The model's height is 6'2" and is wearing size 4.
Lacoste Vertical Color
In 1930, René Lacoste married a golf champion, Simone Thion de la Chaume. Despite the fact golf was reserved for men at the time, this daring woman became one of the figures who shook up accepted customs and helped change the world. The couple lived by the values of excellence, humility, passion and fair play - values that guided the Lacoste family and were passed down to Catherine Lacoste, a world team golf champion (1967).
