{"product_id":"izod-lacoste-blue-track-jacket-1952-to-1993","title":"Vintage Izod Lacoste Raglan Track Jacket Made in Sri Lanka - Blue and Cream","description":"\u003cp\u003eA raglan-sleeve track jacket by \u003cstrong\u003eIzod Lacoste\u003c\/strong\u003e, blue with cream, made in Sri Lanka. Zip-up front, two zip pockets, ribbed knit at the cuffs and hem. Labelled L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe label dates itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lacoste licensed its name to Izod for the American market from 1952 until 1993 - David Crystal, who owned Izod, bought half the US rights in 1953. In the early nineties the two separated: Lacoste took itself back upmarket as a luxury label, Izod was repositioned as midrange, and the partnership ended in 1993. So a jacket reading \u003cem\u003eIzod Lacoste\u003c\/em\u003e was made inside those forty-one years and cannot have been made outside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSri Lanka narrows it further.\u003c\/strong\u003e The country's garment export industry grew up after its economic liberalisation in 1977, so a Sri Lankan label sits at the later end of that window rather than the earlier one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd the label explains something Americans say.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rene Lacoste won the nickname \u003cem\u003ethe Alligator\u003c\/em\u003e on a wager, and it stuck; back in France it became \u003cem\u003ele Crocodile\u003c\/em\u003e. Which is why a whole American generation calls it an alligator shirt and the French never have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sleeve is raglan, cut in one piece from collar to cuff with no shoulder seam, so it drapes rather than sitting square.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere is no fibre label.\u003c\/strong\u003e The brand tag is there; the composition tag is not. It handles like a cotton blend, but the fibre is not stated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition is great.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasured flat: chest 48 (24 pit to pit), length 24, sleeve 24, shoulder 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern size:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fits like a modern Women's XL or Men's L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of one. Sold as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo returns - as is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Izod Lacoste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44417497923671,"sku":"MT-IVY-084","price":118.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0034\/8692\/files\/IMG_6794.jpg?v=1792535228","url":"https:\/\/shopmille.com\/products\/izod-lacoste-blue-track-jacket-1952-to-1993","provider":"MILLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}