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Lacoste (French pronunciation:; Occitan: La Còsta) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Its population doubles in size during the height of the summer tourist season.
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.
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.
Château de Lacoste Aerial view of the castle and Lacoste village. The castle's origins are in the 11th century, [2] but it was largely modified in subsequent centuries. It was for many years the property of the Simiane family. Two hypotheses are suggested for the transfer of the castle from the Simianes to the Sades.
Lacoste is a French apparel company. Lacoste (or LaCoste) may also refer to: People. Alexandre Lacoste (1842–1923), Canadian politician; Amélie Lacoste (born 1988), Canadian figure skater; Carlos Lacoste (1929–2004), Argentine president; Catherine Lacoste (born 1945), French golfer; Jean-Pascal Lacoste, French singer, actor and TV host
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
Many others are of French origin, such as Detroit, Michigan, which was established along the banks of the river they called le détroit du lac Érié, meaning the strait of Lake Erie. Many in the former New Netherland colony are of Dutch origin, such as Harlem , Brooklyn and Rhode Island .
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 ...