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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 .
W (1927, 1928) Medal record. Olympic Games. 1924 Paris. Doubles. 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 ...
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.
1957–2004. Jerome Louis "J.J." Jackson (born November 8, 1942) [2] is an American soul / R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger. [3] His singing style is as a belter. Jackson best known for the song "But It's Alright", which he co-wrote with Pierre Tubbs.
Hewitt Associates – Ted Hewitt. Hewlett-Packard – William Hewlett and David Packard. Hillman – William Hillman. Hilton Hotels – Conrad Hilton. HKS – Hiroyuki Hasegawa and Goichi Kitagawa (plus Sigma Automotive) Hodder & Stoughton – Matthew Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton. Hohner – Matthias Hohner.
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 ...
Brandon (1957–1957) Michael (1958–2009) Randy (b. 1961) Janet (b. 1966) The Jackson family is an American family of musicians and entertainers from Gary, Indiana. Many of the children of Joseph Walter (or Joe) and Katherine Esther Jackson were successful musicians, notably the brothers that formed the Motown boy band the Jackson 5 (later ...
Jackson's childhood home in Gary, Indiana, pictured in March 2010. Michael Joseph Jackson [3] [4] was born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958. [5] [6] He was the eighth of ten children in the Jackson family, a working-class African-American family living in a two-bedroom house on Jackson Street.