At today’s Lacoste FW25 show, Creative Director Pelagia Kolotouros delivered. The collection seamlessly combined the glamorous legacy of founder René Lacoste (also known as the Crocodile for how hard he went on the court), who lived it up in Paris in the ‘30s, with, well, streetwear. Spoiler alert: It worked.
Models emerged down the clay runway at Paris’s Philippe Chatrier tennis court at the Roland-Garros stadium in a collection fitting of a last-century yuppie on their East Hampton court and someone who has a Google alert for sneaker drops. Jackie Kennedy-style headscarves were rotated with skin-tight balaclavas, double-breasted mélange suits were paired with sock trainer-heel hybrids, jewel-encrusted Lacoste logos appeared alongside silk sweats, and pencil skirts featured tracksuit waist ties.
Alongside the bling-reworked Lacoste logo, the brand put a glamorous twist on the brand’s DNA, re-imagining the OG Lacoste polo into silk dresses, knit jumpers, and padded tees. Meanwhile, in a series of nods to the Crocodile himself, garments featured René’s name, while embroidered jewelled patches were based on tournament medallions from his personal archives, ft. a tennis racquet and the Davis Cup. The brand’s storied Lenglen bag also returned this season, re-shaped to mirror the movement of a pleated tennis skirt, a move typical of Kolotouros, renowned for his technological innovation.
Basically, the cast (which included Kai Isaiah Jamal Adesuwa Aighewi) was dripped tf out, for the corner shop, Reagan’s inauguration, or in this case, PFW.
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