#lacoste #lacostecrocodille #lacosteoriginal
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - The crocodile logo
00:56 - The main back label
01:57 - The additional neck stripe
02:28 - The outer stitching
03:06 - The inner stitching
04:12 - The care instructions tag
Real versus fake lacoste sweater; side by side comparison.
Lacoste only sells to its authorized dealers etc, its own stores and stores like Nordstroms, Bloomingdales, Urban Outfitters... etc. Then a common response to me has been well they are factory seconds. Lacoste DOES NOT sell factory seconds they destroy them. Lacoste strives for the highest quality and would not want their name ruined by a factory second this is why they stop producing with Izod for years now. Now, to give you an idea of what the cheapest a Lacoste shirt can get, Lacoste at their factory outlet which is basically last seasons Lacoste, are discounted around 40% that is what I have been told by Lacoste employees.
THE BUTTONS
The Buttons are one of the signature aspects of the Lacoste shirt. All Genuine Lacoste shirts use Mother of Pearl Buttons. Since Mother of Pearl (MOP) is produced by good old mother nature, no two buttons are alike. Also on the darker Lacoste shirts the buttons will be a darker MOP. Also all Genuine Lacoste shirts will only have two holes in their buttons sewn vertically. Now there is some debate out there if Lacoste shirts can have three buttons and the answer is yes, but the solid color shirts will only have two.
Now a fake Lacoste shirt will have the crocodile on the button its self and will also have Lacoste written on the button. Theses buttons will be made of plastic and will have two holes in them sewn horizontally. I have heard that some Lacoste shirts do have the crocodile on the button, but I think that they still have two hole in them. While this may sound disgusting one sure fire way to tell if the button is MOP is to bite it. You will be able to tell if it is MOP by doing that. Just because it has MOP buttons does not make it real I have seen fakes with MOP buttons
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PRODUCTION LOCATIONS
While I have heard many things about how Lacoste has factories all over the world, I personally have shirts from Peru, France and Morocco. Any other country and ether it is a fake or a lower quality production or I do not know about yet. In the United States multiple brands are sold the majority coming form France or Peru. The majority of the polo's (I do not know about the other products) come from Peru. Any Shirt that is made in any Asian country, Argentina and India should be avoided. Now some fakes have tags that say made in Peru design in France. So this is no longer a way to tell it is genuine, but this is how it should appear. Also i have been told that they were once written in Spanish, but are no longer written in Spanish along with the English so this may be another way to spot a fake.
Sizing
Now this is a very simple but important section on the tag of the Lacoste shirt the sizing must be done in numbers. I thought that all Lacoste shirts were made in European sizing I came across some at Bloomingdales that used US sizing, while these were the sport Lacoste, (three buttons) any solid color polo will be done in European sizing.
A Fake Lacoste will have the sizing in M L XL and will only have one tag on it.
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EMBROIDERY
Now this is the best way to spot a fake. All fakes have the croc in line with the slit on the polo see bellow, while the placement does vary by a couple of centimeters, but not a couple of inches. Any fake will have writing on the arm, (vintage may be different) also the croc will have Lacoste embroidered on it. All Genuine Men's Lacoste will have the croc sewn on via a patch, the women's version is embroidered directly on.
The official logo is a deep, dark green with noticeable teeth and claws. The top jaw is smaller than the bottom jaw and is angled upwards. The crocodile’s tail should be rounded and point in the same direction as the jaw, not at the crocodile. The eye should also look more slit-like than rounded.
If the crocodile looks cartoonish and lacks detail, the shirt is a sure fake.
Lacoste’s Vintage brand is an exception. The crocodile will be high-quality but the same color as the shirt.
The logo is a patch that is lightly sewn on from behind. You won’t see the stitching when you look at it from the front. Look out for stitching around the patch’s border, loose threads, or needle hole marks. These are signs that the polo is a fake
The crocodile will be in the middle of the left side of the shirt. It should be between the bottom stitching on the collar and the second button. Low-quality fakes often align the crocodile with the bottom stitching. That stitching may also appear crooked.[3]
A few real Lacoste versions also align the crocodile with the bottom stitching, so don’t depend on this one observation.
