According to Techcrunch, Amazon is launching a new personal shopping service aimed at men:
Amazon is introducing a personal shopping service for men’s fashion. The service, now available to Prime members, is an expansion of the existing Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe, a $4.99 per month Stitch Fix rival, originally aimed at women. With Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe, an Amazon stylist selects an assortment of fashion items that match a customer’s style and fit preferences. These are then shipped to the customer on a monthly basis for home try-on. Whatever the customer doesn’t want to keep can be returned using the resealable package and the prepaid shipping label provided.
At launch, the new men’s personal shopping service will include brands like Scotch & Soda, Original Penguin, Adidas, Lacoste, Carhartt, Levi’s, Amazon Essentials, Goodthreads and more — a mix of both Amazon’s own in-house brands and others. In total, Amazon says Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe will offer hundreds of thousands of men’s styles across more than a thousand different brands.
It will be interesting to see if the service catches on, and whether premium brands like Lacoste will benefit from being included in a service that seems aimed at men that are not to serious about fashion. Read more at Techcrunch.
Here’s Lacoste’s description of their Autumn/Winter Fashion Show:
Held at the Tennis Club de Paris, the Lacoste Autumn Winter 2020 runway show is the third act in creative director Louise Trotter’s intimate dialogue with the bold spirit of René Lacoste. A powerhouse on and off the tennis court, René’s unrelenting thirst for excellence, his dedication and verve was matched by none other than his wife Simone Thion de la Chaume – herself a champion golfer. Together, they reflected the very definition of a sporting power couple. Today Louise Trotter celebrates the harmonies in their contrasts, and the beautiful ricochet of references between her sport and his. By applying modern technology to the sartorial aplomb of a century ago, a fresh sense of sportif style rises to the fore. Future classics are imbued with the timeless élan of Lacoste’s French heritage.
Designed for elegance and performance – at leisure or play – the collection exudes a consummate and athletic ease. Lacoste green and navy are joined by clay court browns, spearmint, sky blue, candy pink, orange, lemon and tan, in a lively palette that recalls our collective memories of weekend tournaments, friendly matches, and the off-duty uniforms of the sporting elite. Comfort and ease is the luxury of today: bringing the focus closer to the body, sports blazers and trousers are tailored in technical jersey and shell knits and brushed pullovers play with the structures and scale of Prince de Galles, houndstooth and Vichy checks. Pulled from the lexicon of French pop culture, the Lacoste crocodile peeks out from jacket linings and a pastel all-over print, as tennis skirts in Japanese jersey are worn with racket and club print silk blouses, and boxy polo styles feature chunky knit collars, contrast plackets and leather trims.
Protective outerwear is revisited – the trench, duffel, car coat and hooded vareuse anorak are finished in sleek pairings of bonded jersey neoprene, soft alpaca or checked double face piped with leather, thermal topstitching, or archive ‘framis’ taping. Straight from the 1980s, the original T-Clip sneaker is updated in contrast pastel shades, whilst brogued golf lanyards and caddy bags are a tongue-incheek nod to Simone Lacoste’s lifelong talent.
Designed by René Lacoste, the original L1212 polo is elevated in a double-knit mercerized cotton. Premiering at the Autumn Winter 2020 fashion show, it is featured in a fly poster campaign at the Tennis Club de Paris worn by the season’s runway cast and photographed by Quentin De Briey.
Set-up design / OBO Hair / Gary Gill
Makeup / Lauren Parsons
Music / Frédéric Sanchez
Casting / Piergiorgio Del Moro
The chipboard used as a canvas for the show will be donated to La Réserve des Arts, a French association that sources used materials to give them a second life. The benches will be re-used during upcoming Lacoste events.
Fashion Reverie has more details on this story stating that Lacoste sent a message to the AFP saying:
“[Lacoste] would like to make clear that, when we associate our corporate image to a brand ambassador, the idea behind the operation is to open up new horizons for both parties. This is not what is currently happening in France with some of these [ambassadors], and we deeply regret this.”
The Jakarta Post reports that Lacoste has cut ties with rappers Moha La Squale and Romeo Elvis over accusations of sexual assault:
French clothing brand Lacoste has ended its collaboration with rappers Moha La Squale and Romeo Elvis, the company said Friday after both men were accused of sexual assault.
Moha La Squale became the subject of a police investigation earlier this month on allegations of raping, threatening or forcibly confining several women.
The retailer had worked with the 25-year-old hip hop star since the release of his hugely popular debut album Bendero in 2018 but said in a statement sent to AFP that it had ended its relationship with him months before the allegations came to light.
They also cut ties with French rapper Romeo Elvis, 27 who apologised in early September for “inappropriately” touching someone. The confession came after he was accused of sexual assault on social media. As Explica reports:
“Values that no longer correspond to Lacoste’s image.” This is what the crocodile brand has just clarified, announcing that it had ceased all collaboration with Romeo Elvis. The Belgian rapper admitted to having sexually assaulted a woman on September 9, 2020. Despite his public apologies – which did not convince everyone – the young man has just lost his contract with Lacoste.
VN Express reports that a large number of fake Lacoste shirts have been seized in Vietnam:
Authorities have confiscated thousands of fake branded T-shirts carrying names like Nike, Gucci, Lacoste and Adidas from a garment maker in Hai Duong.
A Friday inspection by the provincial market surveillance department found that the factory run by the Dang Linh HD Garment Co. Ltd, using four industrial sewing machines, was making fake branded T-shirts.
The department seized 6,446 finished T-shirts and 2,050 unfinished ones, apart from several kilograms of accessories like buttons, sewing thread and plastic covers, for further verification and investigation.
The collection is now live at the Lacoste Store! Also, at a few other select retailers like TrendyGolfUSA.com.
Lacoste has announced a new collaboration with Chinatown Market that will be available on September 7th for purchase. Booska-p.com notes that if you missed the 2018 Hypefest collaboration between the brands, now’s your chance:
Today, Lacoste and Chinatown Market are coming together again for a daring collection in which the crocodile logo is revisited in an XXL version on t-shirts and polo shirts . Perfectly part of the current trend, the line focuses on pastel colors and oversized looks. A black hoodie completes this capsule collection alongside retro short-sleeved shirts.
Here’s the Youtube video highlighting the collaboration:
HypeBeast has more coverage of what they call a “logo heavy” collection:
Since launching four years ago, Chinatown Market has become renowned globally for its nostalgic products, ranging from apparel and sneakers, to basketballs, rugs and collectibles.
Now teaming up with Lacoste, the pair have unveiled the famous crocodile logo in an oversized version on a T-shirt, as well as embroidered in different colours on sweatshirts and caps. The collection also includes two pastel-colored polo shirts and a jet-black hoodie, both of which also feature a co-branded iteration of the Lacoste logo.
More coverage from Fashion United UK who state that “A leader in the streetwear realm, Chinatown Market brings its unique and bold aesthetic to Lacoste’s sporty aesthetic,” and that “this new collaboration marks the first time Lacoste and Chinatown Market have designed a collection together.” Meanwhile, sister-site Fashion United India writes:
Straight from the West Coast of the United States, Chinatown Market arrives on September 7 to shake up Lacoste’s edgy style with a new collaboration. With its casual nostalgic touch, it will inject a dose of unique boldness and streetwear air to the crocodile brand’s most creative line.
Two years after a highly successful, initial limited-edition customization collaboration in 2018, Lacoste and Chinatown Market joined forces again to design a fresh collection featuring bold new colorways and reimagined crocodile logos that smartly juxtapose the classic style of Lacoste’s signature polos, t-shirts, hats and sweatshirts with Chinatown Market’s drama and whimsy. The vibrant unisex collection includes a fierce oversized painted crocodile on t-shirts; colorful embroidered crocodiles on sweatshirts and caps; and a globe motif on short-sleeve shirts to symbolize the soaring digital rise of Chinatown Market’s ironic creations.