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Good Sport.(Lacoste's 75th anniversary )(Brief article)
Byline: --ELLEN MILLER
Like a killer backhand, this blazer from Lacoste took years to perfect. To celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary, the company introduced a collection featuring its original logo--the same oversize crocodile tennis pro Rene Lacoste had embroidered on his game blazer after a journalist nicknamed him "The Crocodile" for his ferocity on the court. The company revamped the blazer by ...
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