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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, ...
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.
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 of London became most notable for its pairing with the Lacoste shirt company from 1952 to 1993. Vincent Draddy began to license the Lacoste shirt to add prestige to the Izod line, but he could not find a market for the then-expensive $8.00 retail price (around equivalent to $92 in 2023).
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
This clue/answer pair reminds me of a musical my husband and I saw recently. ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for February 8, 2025 by Sally Hoelscher.
Another personal clue for me is [___ Marquette State Park] at 25-Across, where my family vacationed when I was a kid. ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers ...
Jean-Yves Lacoste is a French philosopher. Lacoste is associated with what Dominique Janicaud called the "theological turn in phenomenology", along with other influential French phenomenologists like Michel Henry , Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Louis Chrétien . [ 1 ]