Fake Lacoste: Spotting Counterfeit Crocodile Polos!
Posted: Saturday, May 03, 2008
by Casey Profita
BrandAxiom
Fake Lacoste: Spotting Counterfeit Crocodile Polos! First and foremost; Authentic Lacoste can only be bought at an authorized distributor and or Lacoste Store. eBay is not a great choice for finding Authentic Lacoste, for 10 Years eBay has been flooded with ten's of thousands of fake Lacoste Polos, Shoes and anything with the infamous croc!
Lacoste typically runs all their clothes to size, if you have ever bought a small, a medium, or large that size with will run standard. If you buy a small, medium or large from an online reseller claiming to be authentic and it does not fit. If the product is not a specific type, i.e. muscle fit, stretch or mini, chances are you have purchased FAKE Lacoste.
Lacoste's quality of products is extremely good. Find your product with tons of loose strings, miss stiches or general slopiness around the lines. That is a large tall tail sign that you have Fake Lacoste. Below are the best tips to deteremining if you have Authentic Lacoste or Fake Lacoste.
Lacoste's Crocodile Placement: On all Authentic Lacoste Polos, the crocolodile is on the left side, between the second button and the bottom stiching. If the Crocodile is not in the middle of these two places, that is the easiest way to indicate the authenticity of your Lacoste Polo.
Lacoste's Mother of Pearl Buttons: Your Lacoste polo's are expensive because they are not made of cheap materials, Lacoste Polo buttons are made from genuine mother of pearl, where two patterns should ever be the same. Fake Lacoste button's are made from plastic buttons that all look and feel the same. As well, if "Lacoste" is printed on the button, your shirt is Fake!
Lacoste Price: Generally, Fake Lacoste Polo's cost around $10-13 and they usually are imported from India or China. Although the quality varies, they are still fake and extremely cheap to produce. Fake eBay sellers buy these for $10-13 range with shipping, so your really buying a polo that costs only $5-8 range, Wal-Mart doesn't even sell polo's that cheap! As the saying goes, "if it is too good to be true, it most likely is fake" Any Lacoste Polo's price from $10-$40 on eBay are dead fakes!
Lacoste Sizes: Lacoste sizing is European Sizing, not Small, Medium, Large, X-Large. I find it humorous with eBay authentic's stating 100% Authentic "Medium" Polo's etc etc. Typical Lacoste sizing ranges from 3,4,5 etc
Lacoste Fabric: Generally the fabric on a Lacoste Polo doesn't feel like everyday cotton, that is why they cost so much! Fabric is extremely light and very comfortable. For a better idea, look at the pictures below. Fake Lacoste has a Honeycomb weave easily spotted by its hexagonal pattern. Authentic Lacoste has a textured surface background verticals.
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Top-level comments on this article: (7 total)Thanks for your help! Good Information!
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Casey is wrong about lacoste shirts sold at liquidation prices. Many major dept. stores sell off their unsold brand name clothes to liquidation companies. I have seen authentic Lacoste shirts at liquidation companies accross the US.
if you can get a fake one for under 30$ i think thats a good deal .. some people dont wanna pay 100$+ for a real one so why not pay 30 and get one that people wont even know
i have no problem buying a fake one for 12 dollars if its badly made and falls apart.. well no big deal i can buy 10 for the price of one and wear them 1/10 the amount of times.. hence it will probably last longer
The quality of Lacoste is SO good that I still have a polo in hot pink that I bought in 1982 at Lazarus in Columbus, Ohio. I could never bring myself to get rid of it or give it away as I'd spent so much on it, and never expected the label to regain its former prominence outside of tennis circles. I can't bring myself to buy fakes. If I create and sell something, I wouldn't be happy with people selling knockoffs.
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