<div class="text-container text-left pl-lg-5 pl-3 pb-lg-4 pb-0"><h1 style="color: white;">René Lacoste, <br>Rennaissance Man</h1> <p style="color: white;text-transform: none;letter-spacing: .4px;">International tennis champion, ingenious inventor and the man who inspired a<br>whole new lifestyle. Discover the many faces of René Lacoste.</p></div>

Troyes, France in three key numbers

160 kilometres is the distance between the French knitwear capital and Paris. It’s not surprising then, that this is where René Lacoste established a manufacturing base to make the first polos.

1933 was the date production of the first Lacoste polos began in the Troyes factory, under the name La Chemise Lacoste.

40 minutes is the average length of time required by a garment-maker to assemble your polo like a puzzle.