When did the Lacoste Izod look come in? I know you guys had it in New York by '78, was it all over the country, or just an East Coast fashion?

That look didn't really get popular in the UK until a decade later. Interesting.

stanshall, I'm a moderate collector of Stones boots, and I have a couple of others, notably one by Hendrix. The Stones boots between 69 and 73 are lovely, offering a whole other look at what the band could do when it took to the stage and let Mick Taylor open up.

Even the 75 boots are pretty terrific, although, conversely, they reveal the weaknesses of Taylor's replacement. Ron Wood had some chops but he was nowhere close to Taylor's virtuosity.

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/\  we had tons of Lacoste in the '60s and '70s, the Lacoste shirts had been popular here since the early 1950s ........

they had been staples for 25 years before the Late '70s Preps came along .....

in addition to the tennis/polo shirts, we had lots of great tennis shorts, bathing suits, sweaters, and light warm-up jackets by Lacoste all through the '60s and '70s

/\  Ackee B,  the Lacoste stuff was really great for years here, before Izod entered the picture

the French Lacoste shirts in Patron and Grand Patron, those were very high quality, the tale was in the toughness and density of the cloth

there were also Lacoste shorts and bathing suits that were excellent, I remember them, pale yellow bathing suit with gator on the leg, strong poplin,

we got some good real stuff from duty-free shops ...

then came Izod, my friend was a New York neighbor of the Izod man, I actually posted about him before in this thread or another, that was big business ....

the Izod stuff was more mall and less special, some of it was good, some was just cheese that didn't have much to do with the original designs or the aesthetic, for instance, putting out Izods with large pointy collars and open sleeves, straight tails

as opposed to the classic collars, long tails, banded sleeves of the real deal

so yeah, there was the French good old stuff, mainly shirts but some other stuff too, and then the Izod Lacoste stuff, some of which was great and some not, there was so much of it

at the classic Burdine's much Izod/Lacoste was to be had but all that stuff was really made for Florida anyhow so it clicked for us ... we had cabana sets of the stuff as kids in the '60s

the massive Izodness drove the preps to Boast shirts

Northeast preps of that era would not wear Polo

the school store had great made-in-England Fred Perry and Etonic, as well as the Boast, because by '78 the crocodile alligator logo had lost some of its lustre because of Izod overexposure

after Reagan the '80s kids started to wear the Polo stuff, the logo was always ridiculous but some of the unbranded goods were first-rate, I have to say I've had a belt, tie, socks, and luggage from them over the years and all those items were great

was handed down a polo shirt too and it lasted like crazy, it was wearable because the logo was invisible

as to the Boast shirts, I didn't want to wear a weed leaf even if it was a Japanese maple, but some people had them for a spell

what else was there?  my little bro got stuck with some penguins, that was funny

oh yeah, Brooks got in there and I had a fave polo from them in pale yellow terry, USA, long tails, no logo or else invisible ... nobody else around had that shirt, I wore it for years

then there was Trimingham's, at $25 a pop, from Bermuda, they advertised in the New Yorker

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Can anyone shed any light on the brand Rei Co-op the Japanese vintage market appears to go a bit giddy for it

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/\  Acks that is a nice explanation of the situation ... it was a Vincent Draddy thing baby!