Lacoste teams up with Tom Dixon
As part of the Lacoste Holiday Collectors Series, the French sportswear brand elected a designer from outside the fashion world to deconstruct its iconic polo. Chosen for the job was Tom Dixon, a former model, furniture maker and head of design at Habitat.
Dixon approached the job as a textile project rather than a fashion project. His two Lacoste summer must-haves challenge the craft of the material as well as its technology and function. Employing age-old fermentation processes, natural indigo dyes and organic cotton the Eco Polo addresses the pressing issue of ethical clothing and sustainability in an age where people are more aware than ever before in regards to saving the environment.
The Techno Polo, marks the transition from racquet club to nightclub, weaving steel and lurex fibres through the shirt to create a burnished chain mail effect.
Lacoste shirts designed by Tom Dixon are available from Dover Street Market in London.
18 August 2006
Movado signs licensing agreement with Lacoste
Watchmaker Movado Group Inc has announced a long-term global licensing agreement with lifestyle brand Lacoste. The group will design, produce, market and distribute men's and women's watches for Lacoste. The agreement will be effective from 1 January 2007.
Prices for the timepieces will range from $195 (£112) to $595. The collection, which will launch next spring at the Annual Watch & Jewellery Fair in Basel, will be available in high-end department stores, specialty stores, jewellers and Lacoste stores worldwide.
"Steeped in a rich heritage and immediately identified by its iconic crocodile emblem, Lacoste is truly a global powerhouse brand," said Movado group executive vice president and chief operating officer Rick Cote. "Lacoste has achieved terrific momentum over the past number of years and we believe the combination of strongly differentiated timepieces at the high end of the fashion watch category together with the power and longevity of the Lacoste SA brand is an excellent opportunity for both companies."
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29 March 2006
Lacoste's trophy
French sporting label Lacoste announced last week that it had signed up tennis star Andy Roddick onto the team of sponsored sportsmen and women. Although the Lacoste refused to disclose details of the deal, rumour has it that Roddick will receive $5 million over the next five years.
This is a coup for Lacoste. Sporting goods companies Nike, Lacoste and Reebok had all been vying to sign the young star when it became known that his contract with Reebok was up for renewal.
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25 April 2005
Lacoste wins dispute
French
sports and clothing retailer, Lacoste, has won a trademark suit against a Chinese
department store. Lacoste described the victory as a "stage win in the
battle against counterfeiting".
Department store Changsha Parkson was ordered by a court to stop selling products from Crocodile International, a Chinese leather goods manufacturer. The products feature a crocodile which is almost identical to the Lacoste crocodile. The department store was ordered to pay Lacoste CNY 5,000 (GBP474) in damages.
According to a spokesperson for Lacoste, this decision is important because China has finally decided to enforce its laws. Lacoste lost an earlier dispute with Crocodile International in Singapore, with the latter claiming to have registered the logo in China before Lacoste did. However, Lacoste said it had registered its trademark in China in 1980.
The company settled another long-standing dispute with the Hong-Kong based garment company Crocodile Garments, which agreed to alter its crocodile logo sufficiently so as to not resemble the Lacoste logo.
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24 November 2004