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Lacoste 75th Anniversary Stealth Pack

Lacoste is celebrating their 75th anniversary in 2008 and aside from a dedicated clothing collection for both men and women for the occasion, they also made a footwear line as part of their premium Stealth Collection.

The collection overall consists of 5 styles - Dot, Ardeur, Cabestan,. Missouri and Tennis 91. They all come in a black/white colorway. All shoes in this pack feature embossed original 1933 croc branding, which is exclusive to this range and unseen on any other Lacoste sneakers. Nice is also the addition of their boat shoe into the pack.

The Lacoste 75th anniversary Stealth Pack is hitting stores on July 5th.

Take a detailed look at all styles and materials after the jump.

Size? x Lacoste Observe 2

A while back we reported about a series of collaborations by Size? and Lacoste. The first model, the Revan 3, was alreadz released, and the Observe 2 has been released today.

The sneakers come with large perforations that reveal neon pops. The sneaker is available in a black/blue and a white/green colorway. You can purchase them now here.

After the jump detailed images of both colorways.

A.R.C. x Lacoste Collection - Polo Shirts

LACOSTE has teamed up with New York’s Alife Rivington Club (A.R.C.) for a limited edition capsule collection of polos and tennis shoes. Images have been circulating for a while already, but now we can give you an exclusive and complete first look at this fascinating upcoming collaboration project. The world famous rare sneaker resource located on the Lower East Side at 158 Rivington Street was opened in 2001 by the ALIFE design studio.

‘The Rivington Club is committed to brands that have a true athletic history’, says Arnaud Delecolle, ALIFE co-founder. ‘A.R.C.’s aesthetic involves classic sports imagery, heritage and tradition. This translates into bold color statements with highly visible and recognizable graphics. When given the opportunity to work on the classic LACOSTE polo shirt, we decided to apply this aesthetic to the garments. We stayed in line with our shop’s colour theme of black, red and purple and decided to increase the scale of the crocodile logo to a truly utilitarian size. The concept being if these shirts were worn on the field, all the graphic elements would serve their purpose of conveying information from a distance.’

A.R.C. also changed some of the shirt’s construction elements to reflect the sturdiness required on rugby jerseys, including the collar and placket system as well as the inside tape on the collars and side vents. There are two polos in two colours each: one features the red A.R.C logo opposing the crocodile on white and black/grey polos, while the other has the gold Rivington Club crest embroidered on the left breast on both red and black polos. All have the number 158 sewn on the back, a nod to their Rivington Street address.

For footwear, A.R.C. stayed with the sports uniform theme to tie in to the polo shirts. They proposed the Ardeur tennis shoe, which was the original LACOSTE performance tennis shoe dating from 1983, in solid colours of white, black, purple and red with the bold A.R.C. logo brandished on the heel. The uppers are tone-on-tone leather with piqué mesh side panels, while the authentic polyurethane mid and outsole provide cushioned comfort. The shoes incorporate A.R.C.’s signature red/black bias striped pattern on the tongue with a white LACOSTE logo, while the leather in-sole features a black/white print and A.R.C. logo.

Once again A.R.C. presents an impressive collaborative project and they managed to infuse their style and philosophy into Lacoste product, without the product loosing its very own Lacoste style and history.

The A.R.C. x Lacoste collection will be released in July at Rivington Club, Barney’s in NYC, Colette, Dover Street Market, 10 Corso Como and select Lacoste doors.

A.R.C. worked on 4 colorways of the Ardeur tennis shoe and matching 4 polo shirts. We present you the complete line-up after the jump.

Solebox x Lacoste Tennis 91

As usual Solebox has many collaboration aligned. Just recently we gave you a first look at the upcoming Asics Gel Lyte III collaboration and here you already get a first look at their collaboration with Lacoste.

With Lacoste they worked on the Tennis 91. For the upper they chose terry cloth, usually found on towels. The sole comes in white/neon green. Definitely an interesting mix. Pic via The Clones.

More info and images of the sneaker, once we get closer to the release.

Alife Rivington Club x Lacoste Ardeur

Barcelona based sneaker store Limiteditions has just showcased the upcoming Alife Rivington Club and Lacoste collaboration, utilizing the 1980s performance classic Ardeur model as the template. The upper is largely devoid of any branding except for the trademark ARC logo seen on the heel. Four colors including black, white, red and purple are available for pre-order now via info@limiteditions.org.

Lacoste 75th Anniversary Sneakers

Lacoste is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. We already showed you the special poloshirts that were released for the occasion. In fact they made an entire collection and we give you a look at the 75th anniversary sneakers. All in all they present two sneakers in the collection. They come in a black/white colorway and have an overall classic look.

Check out the other sneaker after the jump.

Lacoste x Size? UK

Lacoste has made quite an impact in the last couple of years with their Stealth collection. Especially collaborations with Kidrobot and SneakerFreaker helped the brand to gain more credibility in this hard to enter core market.

Now Lacoste got together with UK sneaker retailer Size?. They worked on special colorways of the Revan 3 and the Observe. Both styles share a perforated toe box and tongue, large holes revealing the pop neon colors underneath.

Size will be releasing the pack in very limited numbers soon, so stay tuned. After the jump more pictures.

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