Differences between a fake eBay Lacoste polo and a genuine Lacoste Polo
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2021
- Before you comment that the fake is just as good, please watch this video which demonstrates what garbage the fakes really are: • No! Fake Lacoste is no...
I bought two Lacoste polos, one real and one fake to demonstrate the difference between the two. I should have mentioned in the video that the genuine shirt was in fact made in Peru. I have other genuine shirts that were made in El Salvador.
Lacoste's parent company is Maus Frères SA, which has production facilities around the world and a 90% ownership of textile company Devanlay, the clothing maker and distributor for Lacoste.
Love that this showed up in my recommended videos as I've been buying lacoste shirts lately. Good one!
Thank you sir!
Thorough and well-made. Great job, and thank you.
Happy to help and thank you :-)
I used to buy lots of LaCoste polos back in the days when they all were produced in France. Not a single polo after they sold the company,
I was waiting to see the logo of the fake one if it was embroidered directly on the cloth or not but you didn't show it. That was important.
Nice video man shows you def know your brand and know the history of real vs fake lacose shirts keep going
intense video Monty Mars. I crushed that thumbs up on your video. Continue to keep up the exceptional work.
Well thank you very much Mr. Keyser! I have another video coming very soon
@@MontyMars no problem at all. always happy to support my fellow content creators. I am looking forward to improving on my own current video format I have uploaded and, in the future, trying to create content as good as yours in the long term.
Good video! To me it doesn't matter one bit if the item is fake as long as it looks genuine and washes well. Obviously I wouldn't be expecting a genuine item for €15, neither a fake for €50! I like how the polo shirts look but would never be prepared to pay such a premium for a real one. I recently purchased some fake ones from a market in Vietnam and they look great and wash beautifully, which surprised me. Cost around €10 per piece.
Exactly.
Nobodys gonna walk upto someone and start comparing every detail.
Fake ones look real too nowadays unless there is a huge difference where adidas is printed as abidas😂
I like finding out who’s fake or realistic the stitching the color combination and the tag’s are very important
I have some 80s, 90s vintage lacoste shirt, they are still last till today, good quality, still shine and bright color...
I am an American, living in Peru for over 10-years now. The district in Lima (Gamara), which is huge (I mean totally HUGE) manufactures/sells clothing, which is the super-high quality (Peru cotton is better than anything from any other country). I am not trying to sell anything here. I am just saying - sometimes super cheap "rip-off" stuff is great (better than the real stuff, especially, if you think about the price difference). I can go to Gamara, and buy a "Lacoste" polo shirt, for myself, for less than US$8. And --- as I said, the cotton in Peru is the best and the sewing is top quality/very professional.
The problem with gamarra it is than desing of clothes is horrible and details looks like gansters or something like that. And are differents levels of cotton, a good cotton means x2 or x3 the price and even with that the desing and details are poor
@@jeshu8372 Yes, you are correct; however, with experience, and spending a lot of time in Gamara, you can find the right stands to go to and get their phone numbers, so in the future, you can get the right stuff at a good price.
Presa la mia Lacoste in negozio. Sono fiero di averla provata li, di essermi fatto consigliare dalla commessa, di averla comprata li. Sono sicuro che il prodotto è originale. Ma soprattutto, un negozio fisico ha molti costi, che partono dalla bolletta della luce e arrivano allo stipendio della commessa che mi ha consigliato e dato assistenza: sono contento di aver dato i miei soldi a loro. Ho la certezza di aver preso il modello e la taglia perfetti per me.
I only wish i had seen this earlier. Thank you Sir!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
the classic fit shirts have the mother of pearl buttons the regular fit do not they are plastic and they are legit ive gotten 2 from macys like that just noticed that and found out the other day
Yeah the regular fit do have plastic buttons. This fake was listed as the classic fit on ebay.
I saw a shirt back in the day, called a Le Croak. It had an upside down (dead) Izod alligator patch. Maybe "La Croak". Sadly, I cant find a picture of it on google images
Very informative thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful blue color combination I love
Thanks for the tips and you’re tips are spot on and while it is costly for the genuine, it is worth it as it lasts for years and comfortable to wear. Know that buying the original helps also those employees to sustain their families needs.
Buying fake also helps the sellers
@empressatheism5146 no one cares about the sellers.
nice job, thanks.
Saludos desde Perú
Alright I run to check all my Lacoste shirts and T-Shirts now. Wait a minute, I remember I bought them all from Lacoste stores so do I need to check them? Just kidding. Thank you for making the video. it is very useful.
I have a Lacoste polo I bought in Saudi Arabia in January 2023 in a well-known store there similar to TJ MAXX or Marshalls with multiple locations. I never doubted it was fake until I was in the Lacoste store in NYC last week and I wanted another one. In Saudi Arabia, a XXL was a size 9 and everywhere else it's a 7. I didn't have that in my general knowledge bank at the time. My "fake" hits every criteria of being genuine, except the size discrepancy...and no tag saying Made in Peru (or a made in anywhere tag) even the buttons are Mother of Pearl and sewn in correctly as well as the tag sewn in correctly, the Crocodile is perfect! Well, I was duped, but it's a really good fake and currently my favorite Lacoste, unfortunately. BTW it was in USD $39 but since it was a Marshalls/TJ Maxx, type of store I expected it to be a lower price.
The sleeve length is also often way off. Especially the length from the armpit to the end of the sleeve. When you know what fit you bought, or what the polo tag sais it is.
Thank you very much for the info.
Throughout the years did they ever switch or change the tags on the insides of the shirts?
There are "genuine" Lacoste Polos sold in USA looking funny too. I guess someone is using a gap but actually there is a lot of back stock circulating too so you cant compare brand new polos from L store to some dicounter stuff thats 15 years old and made for outside of europe, Lacoste is working with a lot of factories other than Peru just to bring the brand to countries where people are not really digging the brand yet. there is a lot of genuine stuff looking fake. Once the contract was done those factories keep reproducing own logos because the logos are delivered by Lacoste headquarters to sew on. the official stitchery logos are all made in Peru or France.
I remember buying a fake one for £20 and it was actually very good turned out to be a Mark's and spencers polo shirt with a crocodile actually sewn on proply you couldn't tell the diffrence and because it was a Mark's and spencers shirt it washed great
You could find deals at the Lacoste outlet.
Thank you so much for your video.
Would be interested in quality of construction especially finishing of seams, used of interfacing, colorfastness, abrasion resistance, shrinkage. Some better shirts provide replacement buttons. Hemming at the bottom and finishing of the sleeves. Reinforcement in key spots like where collar attaches, shoulder, quality of button sewing. In other words it's conceivable that a fake is well constructed and a brand is poorly made. Not all 100% cotton is created equal. Yarn fiber quality varies for example. Polos of similar qualities may have different weave structures. You might ask about sources and factory conditions.
Glad to know I have the real thing. Best to buy it from Lacoste stores for genuine articles.
What about the difference with the rubber bage can you do one on these thanks 👍
One is an Alligator while the other one is a Crocodile
thanks bro, great video
My pleasure 🙂
Can you do differences between polo RL shirts? Thanks
Chinese producer after watching this video: “ noted”😂
Wanted to see inside of the fake logo
Thank you. Sir.
Not necessarily I have an old original Lacoste polo more than 26 years old and still looks good the shirt has a different tage logo on it and the crocodile has frame stitched from the inside to hold the crocodile logo, the buttons wholes are the top is horizontal the second is vertical, the only way to find out is by the quality of the crocodile stamp and the sticking around the sleeves and all around the shirt.
What about the one we get for 40 USD in the Original Lacoste outlet? Are they not genuine?
I bought one from Amazon, it seems to genuine if I am following your advice on the video, however on the tag it’s showing made in Vietnam - is this a fake or genuine Lacoste?
Amazing you showing us
Need to check my shirt too if its real or not!😊love that brand need to sure its the real one!
Will you do Ralph Lauren?
We im Dominica eee rocking lacost since way back in 2000
is my Lacoste original coz the buttons has word lacoste etched on it
So we do have people inspecting this correct?
Just bought a beautiful copy for 17 euros in a Marocco, pretty proud of it ! Why should I pay 90 more euros if the copy is good?
Thanx !
I am amazed that people are still buying them, real or fake.
Lacoste have factoring in Peru? I have one factored in Peru.
you missed showing the back side of the logo from the fake and even the stitching of the lower botton which you said almost half an inch from the original
When did Izod get bought?
Interesting, thanks, how about Boss shirts?
Not all aspects he observed in one part is done in another shirt. Like the stitch in the original, he did not show the stitch in a fake.
He did show it the stitch for fake
He said also the stitch for the fake is poor
I'd wear that fake until the alligator falls off 😂
Which wouldn't take too long 🤣
I bought one today at lacoste store man i got it for 64$ promo if you match it with another item , you basically need to buy 2 items to get 20$ discount but hey discount is discount gotta avail i love my polo tho its real love them
You didn't show the back of the crocodile how is sewed to the shirt
Don’t forget guy’s the crocs look beautiful and very bright green
you the man
Hi Monty
I bought a cap from a lacoste shop. But I was not impressed by the quality. Very thin cotton and a weak velcro strap Could it be a fake cap?
Not from an official store.
the fake kroko looks wild haha🐊
Do authentic Lacoste polo shirts have 2 or 3 buttons? Also, should the crocodile logo be aligned with the bottom stitching of the collar or aligned between the stitching and the bottom button?
Newer designs have 3 buttons but lacoste still have 2 button polo’s and I’ve been buying lacoste polo’s and the crocodile doesn’t aligns with the button👍🏻
Hi,
Amazon Sells only Genuine product ,right ?
What's the gsm(grams per sq meter) used on original Lacoste and is there a way we can figure out when we buy ?!
I couldn't say for sure. Not even sure what the fabric is because there is no care tag, which is illegal in the US. Lacoste polos are 100% cotton and this one certainly is not because it does not even stretch in the vertical direction.
@@MontyMars are you saying it’s illegal not to have a care tag or that it’s illegal for a care tag not to have the weight of the fabric used? Because if it’s the latter I don’t believe that’s true.
Someone can help me to authenticate a polo ?
How do you tell it is not made in Mexico or other countries, other than from China?
Can i have the orig lacoste?
I bought some fake Lacoste polo shirts 20 years ago in a market in Congo for about $8 each. A collegue had a genuine one and we could not tell the difference. I still have one of them and it still looks ok and held it's shape after all these years.
It was probably contraband product
very nice video
I actually bnought a lacsote polo on ebay with a bid and i can confirm it is legitimate, it was a user selling his clothes so i got it for $10 usd with $5 shipping which is such a good deal.
For $10 it is a real lacsote, for sure! A Lacoste should be 8x this price! 😅
The king of France used to award the winner of the French open 🎾 with a solid gold alligator trophy , that's how lacoste got its logo! Great brand 👏 thanks I'm sure it will be easy to find an authentic one on my trip to Bangkok next week hehe 😉
The king and emperor were gone before french open. How ever a French Prince died playing tennis
#montymars how about those Lacoste shirts from Bangladesh or Turkey?
I bought one for my husband for his birthday because he loves them so much from a seller in Morocco for 50€
Polo Lacoste classic Fit L12.12
When I told my husband the price, he was shocked hhh
very informative.. I am a huge fan of Lacoste
Thanks! Me too!
me too...I bought lots of Lacoste shirts, caps, polo in Lacoste store...@ Orange County
It took awhile before you took it out of the bag.
Also, the depth of color for the original is much more expressive, the other is pale in comparison.
so the $32 fake Lacoste possible cost only $5 normally
I have purchased cotton Polo brand shirts at Macy’s and fakes on Canal Street in NYC. I felt no difference between the shirts. Yes, if you examine them very closely, you may see a subtle difference in the stitching. One has to wonder why someone would pay 4 times more for the real thing when the fake is comfortable and looks real
I agree with you my friend. If the quality is close, who cares.
@@MercedesShawn after all its just a T-shirt, not a phone or laptop..
Pique cotton. That's the difference.
That's why there will always be a market for fakes. The real stuff are ridiculously priced.
@@msbrownbeast overpriced bec of marketing.. you pay the logo, stores, marketing... and the tshirt, you have Louis Vuitton who spend ca. 4.4 bn. on marketing per year...bec of that tshirt there cost 500$.. pointless..but its work..
In Brazil, converting to USD, Lacoste official website sells polos for $62. From reputable sellers it goes down to ~$45. I bought one for $30 this week, again from a very trustable source. Ofc our currency is devaluated right now, maybe that's why.
it will be nice to see compare genuine lacoste from 2020 and genuine La coste from 1978
I'm wearing one, a short. I had to check it out. That fake one in the video only had 2 teeth, the real one had 3 teeth ...
So what if real or imitation it depends on the person who wear..
Welcome to me ! 😁
It seems like the worst part of the fake are the buttons and the logo.. the shirt itself doesn't seem terrible.
In the philippines,the one with the cap is the most authentic lacoste,usually they are on every corner of the streets.
😂😂😂
You forgot to show the square of the fake beneath the button holes
i dont mind buying fake clothes . no one will ask me if its real or not anyway when i wear it.
One is an alligator, and the other a crocodile. Can’t you tell? Sheesh…
What about t-shirts? I'd like to see a video comparing t-shirts, thanks.
I'll do it!
That’s actually a good idea. Do every single higher end brand that can be afforded within reason. Obviously can’t do any insane places that sell 1000 dollar t shirts, but it would be nice to see who makes the best t shirts out of all the lower to mid high end places.
My never bought a Lacoste merch, ass thought the ebay fake shirt was the real one🤦🏿♂️.
PRISE. ?????????
In France you actually can buy a genuine Lacoste polo for 70€
I think the price say all
Very informative
Even for the genuine one, it's said that the labour cost, if done in Africa, is about 1 % of the selling cost! C'est pas du vol ça?
@2:14
What French fries?
Thnx for viewing us the fake and the legit one. Neway, i coud'nt buy even one of this lacoste brand b-coz its so expensive. 😅😅 How i wish to have one bag or cap, maybe in my dreams..😅😅😅 thnx once again
GOD 🙏 BLESS ❤️
oh i got the origina one here in saudi
Show us
IN P.I. ITS CALLED,"CLASS A",ITS LIKE BEING COINED AS "ALMOST AND CLOSEST FROM THE ORIGINAL",...THATS WHY IT LOOKED REAL,
Even before u opened them it was obviously seen the original version