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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.
Biography. Born in Paris on 22 June 1931, Bernard Lacoste was the son of René Lacoste, the founder of the fashion company Lacoste. [1] He attended high school in France and earned the Bachelor of Science at Princeton University in the USA. From February 1954 until February 1956 he was a Lieutenant in the French Air Force.
The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.37. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.5% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males.
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Charles Courtice Alderton was born June 21, 1857, in Brooklyn, New York, the eldest of five children to English parents Charles Alderton Sr. and Hephzebah Courtice. [2][3] Alderton attended Framlingham College in England, studied medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and worked as a pharmacist in Waco, in a shop ...
Larry Hennig (June 18, 1936 – December 6, 2018) was an American professional wrestler.He was the father of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, and the grandfather of Curtis Axel and Amy "Ms. Perfect" Hennig.
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 ...