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Lacoste Size Guide

Lacoste Size UK Size Chest Size
3 S 35-37"
4 M 38-40"
5 L 41-43"
6 XL 44-46"
7 XXL 47-49"

Men's Pique polo shirt from Lacoste Sport featuring a contrast collar and yarn dyed stripes, side splitsand two button placket, plus of coures the famous Lacoste Crocodile badge on the chest, as well as Lacoste embroidered brand name on the sleeve and back neck.

René Lacoste founded La Chemise Lacoste in 1933 with André Gillier, the owner and President of the largest French knitwear manufacturing firm at the time. They began to produce the revolutionary tennis shirt Lacoste had designed and worn on the tennis courts with the crocodile logo embroidered on the chest. Although the company claims this as the first example of a brand name appearing on the outside of an article of clothing, the "Jantzen girl" logo appeared on the outside of Jantzen Knitting Mills' swimsuits as early as 1921.

In addition to tennis shirts, Lacoste produced shirts for golf and sailing. In 1951, the company began to expand as it branched from "tennis white" and introduced color shirts. In 1952, the shirts were exported to the United States and advertised as "the status symbol of the competent sportsman," influencing the clothing choices of the upper-class. It is still one of the most popular brands in the United States, sporting the "preppy wardrobe".