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

By: cory

cory — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:36:42 +0000

lol poor people are too funny good guide too i’ll just stick to the lacoste outlet store nearby

By: ravens

ravens — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:27:02 +0000

Guys guys for your info, In peru you cannot go to outlets or the showroom of Lacoste. Unless you are buying quantities and know somebody there, Devanlay even with a wad full of money they will say no, that i have seen say no to people trying to buy from them 60k pieces. They dont care, they wont sell to anybody out there, so when they are saying outlets from Peru. fake fake fake

By: T. Jackson

T. Jackson — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:18:07 +0000

No 1. When did you go to school in Baltimore? I was born & raised here and I’ve never seen street vendres selling anything downtown they way you’re describing. The only venders I’ve ever seen are the ones permitted to sell Orioles & Ravens merchandise
No. 2. Where are you from, just because you had a bad experience here doesn’t give you the right to talk down Baltimore like we’re the scum of the earth, not everyone here are criminals or thugs. I’ll bet you I could come to your city and find crime there also.
No. 3. Lacoste does have a factory discount outlet. My wife is from The Hamptons and about ten miles from her parents home in a town called Riverhead NY they hsve an outlet mall called The Tangers Outlet, where guess what there is big as day a Lacoste Factory Discount Store where I just purchased ten shirts at a cheaper price than at Neiman Marcus

By: yohan fernando

yohan fernando — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:25:20 +0000

thanks for letting us know these facts

By: Xaw13

Xaw13 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:16:18 +0000

@Deesa

exactly!
i have three of them

the position of the crocodile depends on the collection you have : the size of the logo can change, the size of the collar and the number of buttons too

so the tips given in this article are just hints and only apply for the “Original Chemise” (L1212)

By: Deesa

Deesa — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:56:22 +0000

By the way Alec and Xaw13, the shirt i just spoke about in the previous post is from the ‘Vintage Lacoste’ collection which I have right in front of me as we speak with the tag still on. The crocodile on this shirt is small and the same color as the shirt because the garment is vintage washed as described on the tag:
“This garment with a worn look is part of the ‘Vintage-Lacoste’ lineage. The pigments used in the dyeing process give it a natural subtle colour, as though weathered by time, and make it incredibly soft. This is what makes it different and unique. The worn look will develop over time and the colour will continue to lighten. We recommend washing it separately.”

By: Deesa

Deesa — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:50:16 +0000

I bought an absolutely %100 lacoste shirt from Macy’s with mother of pearl buttons and everything. The whole checklist above applies except for the allignment of the crocodile. It is in fact closer to the bottom as it appears to be on the picture of the fake shirt you posted. I even compared this to the same exact shirt at Lacoste (the retail store) and it is the same, so I don’t think item #2 applies to real lacoste shirts.

By: Xaw13

Xaw13 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:22:05 +0000

@Alec

not only in the past, they still produce them!
it’s the “Vintage Collection” : the crocodile is the same color as the polo, the fabric seems old, the color is lighter, etc.
and there are two versions : one with a normal sized croc and one with an over sized one

you can see all the type of polos (Original (L1212), Vintage, Italian, Slim Fit, …) on their new website : http://shop-fr.lacoste.com/

and here are the polos : http://shop-fr.lacoste.com/Homme/5110000,fr_FR,sc.html

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:54:07 +0000

Thanks for the tip. Thanks to you I just retracted a bid on eBay because the user stated it was a genuine lacoste shirt when I found out from this site it wasn’t. Thanks a lot.

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:46:01 +0000

Lacoste actually does have outlet stores. And many of the eBay sellers who sell high end clothes, such as Lacoste, are ones who receive the products that failed inspection. So maybe a little dirt on the packaging, or a small thread hanging. That is why they sell it so cheap. That is not to say that you an always trust those sellers, I’m just saying that sometimes just beacuse something is cheap, does not mean it is fake. I bought a few Gucci sunglasses off eBay and they were real, trust me I know when something is real, but the reason I could get them for $50-60 was because the outer box had some problems, or the GUCCI logo on the cleaning cloth was misaligned, or some tags were missing. So low cost does not instantly mean it is fake, you just need to know how to spot a fake.

By: Alec

Alec — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:47:09 +0000

If anybody’s still answering here, I have a question. In the past, has Lacoste made shirts where the crocodile logo on the chest of the shirt is the SAME color as the shirt?

I’ve seen three shirts at a local resale shop where this is the case. Recently, I’ve been to Macy’s and the Lacoste website and have seen that they sell shirts where the crocodile is large, and it’s the same color as the shirt, but I’ve never seen a small, same color crocodile on a new shirt.

Are monochrome shirts knock-offs?

By: smiley3

smiley3 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:55:59 +0000

Has Lacoste ever made polos with snaps instead of buttons? The shirt I have matches all the above tips except that it has snaps.

By: branden

branden — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:47:02 +0000

wow i bought 10 real ones at a second hand store and would have been happy if it was fake cause they look good and all but one is on alignment and i get complements all the time and i said yeah its probably a fake but now i know there real and i only paid 7.99 canadian for all of them now thats bargain hunting

By: rafael

rafael — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:08:32 +0000

The tip 2 Is FAKE , Lacoste Made in peru is real.

but those made in France are different from Peru.

and the alligator from france is very diferent from peru

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:50:26 +0000

The easiest way to establish a genuine Lacoste is thru its Logo as mentioned in #1. Altough the other points are correct but I cannot totally agree with them, I own loads of Lacoste and they varies in fabric quality, bottons (in-fact i got one w/ Lacoste written on it but am 100% sure its genuine), label on the collar. BUT THEY HAVE A COMMON DENOMINATOR, THE VERY VERY DETAILED CROCODILE LOGO.