Renad Ghanem

Saudi Gazette

Lacoste, one of the successful worldwide fashion brands, celebrated its 80th anniversary at Red Sea Mall Jeddah recently. Lacoste had made special items to mark the occasion. 



Waseem Dalloul, shop manager in Lacoste Jeddah, told Saudi Gazette  “Lacoste has 1,160 stores around the world, in 110 countries, and we have 12 stores in Saudi Arabia – 5 in Riyadh, 5 in Jeddah and two in the Eastern province.”



For the past 80 years, Lacoste has been designing and selling goods that are sought after for their fine quality. “Since 1933 René Lacoste had made a revolution in fashion, it’s started by turning the traditional T-shirt long sleeves to comfortable cotton T-shirts with short sleeves,” said Waseem.



Moreover, he said “the products of Lacoste are usually ordered according to the client’s needs. Here in Jeddah, our clients prefer cotton stuff more because it’s much comfortable in Jeddah’s weather, but in Riyadh they prefer the winter suites.”



Waseem added that “Lacoste has especial clients who are looking for unconventional clothes.”



“Lacoste beside the basic clothing line, it also presents, bags watches, accessories, shoes and many of them are made from leather,” he said. 



About the 2014 fashion line, Waseem said “2014 line will be more colorful and there will be mixing between different colors. In 2013, the line clothes characterized by the dark colors and there are also 80th anniversary custom-made products.”



He added “Lacoste had releases many items in 2013 in the Saudi market, and in 2014 we will release more items from leather, there will be a unique watches line also,” he said.