Comments on: How To Spot A Fake Lacoste Polo Shirt and Other Pirated Clothing

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:01:21 +0000

Does real polo have a #3 on it?

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:58:50 +0000

I bought a LACOSTE shirt and it’s CROCODILE patch looks fake,but im asking you guy’s if it is fake.For more information it has a lumpy head.

By: Mohsin

Mohsin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:31:19 +0000

Great Guide. I’m trying to sell two authentic ones, so if anyone wants to check my listings and confirm that there real and post a comment, i’d appreciate it. Maybe it will help me get them sold at the price i want.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:12:26 +0000

All polo shirts in the sport range have lacoste engraved into the button, and on the casual range they are pearl. The easiest way to spot a fake is to look on the manufacturing label sewn into the seam of the shirt. No genuine one will say lacoste, it will have the name of the manufacturer on it, who has made the garment under liscence from Lacoste. This can then be checked with Lacoste themselves.

By: hey

hey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:40:20 +0000

how about the lacoste made in france printed in peru? is that real or fake?

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:34:12 +0000

The Lacoste dress shirts, long sleeve, do not have two tags on the coller. The polo’s should, however, after checking the Lacoste website, there is only one tag on the Men’s Long sleeve dress shirts.

By: Kanthat

Kanthat — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:13:43 +0000

Good article. I live in the country that sells imitated polo shirts. I can tell that there’s a lot of grade for fake polo shirts. You can find $10-$30 fake lacoste. With higher dollars, the quality is closer to the authentic one. I have a fake lacoste made in Hong Kong and the croc logo is almost identical just a bit of difference. The fake lacoste photo in this article is just the low grade copy. I’d like to see the comparison between authentic and high grade imitated which I believe many Ebay sellers sell them. Should be more helpful.

By: Gaetano

Gaetano — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:51:00 +0000

I just want you to know that in Massachusetts Lacoste does have an outlet store at the Wrentham Outlets. Normally to distinguish a black lacoste from fake or real the buttons are black but in some cases they can be white, but most the time they are or should be black.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:04:28 +0000

OH! unless they’re guys.
Sorry, I’m a woman…

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:02:19 +0000

Very informative.
However, if it say the number’s 1,3,5, etc i would be cautious. Lacoste label’s their sizes in numbers like 30, 32, 34, 36, etc. ( European sizes)

By: mark

mark — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:02:45 +0000

Hey guys

Try looking at Yo Yo silver .com the prices are very cheap (maybe to good to be true,i just bought 3 long sleeved t shirts from them,not sure if fake or not,if they are they damn good,MOP buttons,croc alignment spot on,very light,tags all correct with codes as expected,like i say maybe fake not sure ??

By: djholly

djholly — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:19:13 +0000

hi, i’ve been buying lacoste clothing off ebay for the last 5 years. with the exception of 3 polo’s i’ve been very happy with the purchases. Brand new tops have to be treated as fakes until you’re happy with comparisons from the lascoste website. follow this and you won’t go far wrong. If buying seconhand on ebay, check the sellers other items and history. Your average seller won’t be able to get they’re hands on bnwt multiple polos.

By: Gup

Gup — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:44:37 +0000

“2) Crocodile Alignment – On men’s polos, the crocodile is on the left hand side, between the bottom stitching and the second button. In the image displayed, I want to draw your attention to the genuine blue Lacoste shirt on the right hand side labeled “Real” – notice how the crocodile logo is aligned directly between the lower button and the bottom stitching.”

This is not strictly true, I have a genuine sky blue lacoste polo (I know it’s real as I bought it from a lacoste shop in Florida for about $65) and the croc is aligned with the bottom stitching and not in between the lower button and the bottom stitching.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:10:05 +0000

Even many LV or Valentino is made in Turkey etc… Forget about France-made garments except really top-expensive things.
The same for Lacoste.
Devenlay has several fabrics outside Europe where they made Lacoste.
Lacoste shoes is produced by Pentland (UK company, famous also for dooing Speedo etc. other brands) but of course produced outside UK – Viet Nam f/e.
Parfume is done by P&G etc.. etc…

Forget about French-made garments for a price below something 500 EUR.

By: James

James — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:40:49 +0000

My friend just bought polo shirts from shopapparel.lacoste.com I am surprised that he got them real cheap. when the items arrived, I was surprized to see that some are made in hongkong and others were made in tunisia. I cannot comment on the material as they seem ok..and the the packing also looks genuine. I know that all lacoste products would have made in france in their tags, except for the shoes…which i know are sometimes made in china…