For over 75 years the LACOSTE brand has been associated with Crocodiles.  It began in 1925, when Rene Lacoste, the founder of the brand, made a bet with Pierre Gillou, the French Davis Team Captain,  the prize being a crocodile skin suitcase that Rene had spotted in the shops of Boston.

To commemorate this association LACOSTE are releasing a collection of 9 shoes that celebrate the legend of Rene Lacoste and the Mythologies surrounding crocodiles around the world.

The shoes will be released over three months (April, May and June 2009) and will only be available from an exclusive selection of stores globally.

Today we present you the May 2009 releases of the pack, consisting of the Revan 3 NYC in three colorways and the Missouri Albino.

The Revan NYC has been created in two colourways, both on a black leather upper, the blue highlights are inspired by the uniform of the New York Police and the yellow is a comical take on the toxic waste within the New York sewers.  Both shoes have a gloss croc pattern across the upper and feature an etched manhole cover graphic on the heel.  The croc pattern continues onto the side of the sole with the colour highlights also appearing as part of the sole pattern.

In honour of the Albino Crocodile, the Missouri has an upper constructed from different material mixes all in white.  The bright colour pops on the in-sock, sole and surround of the shoe top are taken from the traditional clothing of the Venda tribe. Additional pairs of laces are included in each of the bright colour pops

Check out the two Lacoste Revan 3’s and the Missouri from the limited edition Crocodile Mythology Collection in detail after the jump.

For Autumn 2008 the Revan 3 comes prepared for the wet and cold. Lacoste has employed waterproof leathers and nubucks, alone with a sypatex liner. Additionally, a bellows tongue helps reduce leakage. Two colorways, coming in both low and high versions, are fitting for the season as well. Dark brown is accented with orient blue, and the black gets a splasher of palmer.

View more of the Lacoste Revan 3 WP after the jump.

The first of two collaborations of Size? and Lacoste is now available! Three colorways of the Revan 3 with a perforated toe box and tongue, large punched holes on the side that reveal the neon pop color, plus a one off pattern that incorporates the size? question mark and the Lacoste Croc on the laces and footbed.
Also watch out for three more exclusive colorways of the Observe due to land in May. Until then check out the Revan 3 of this collaboration in detail after the jump.

Lacoste has made quite an impact in the last couple of years with their Stealth collection. Especially collaborations with Kidrobot and SneakerFreaker helped the brand to gain more credibility in this hard to enter core market.
Now Lacoste got together with UK sneaker retailer Size?. They worked on special colorways of the Revan 3 and the Observe. Both styles share a perforated toe box and tongue, large holes revealing the pop neon colors underneath.
Size will be releasing the pack in very limited numbers soon, so stay tuned. After the jump more pictures.

Just in time for the colder month, Lacoste is dropping as part of their Stealth collection some subtle heat – the Revan 3 Sheepskin and the Revan 3 Hi Sheepskin.
Keeping the blanket stitch detail from its predecessor Revan, Revan 3 features a closed derby toe-box, with a mixture of soft textured leather uppers and a sheepskin lining, perfect for those winter months. An embossed crocodile on the heel offers discreet branding.
The Revan 3 and Revan 3 Hi both come in brown and white. We definitely like the direction Lacoste is taking. While most other sneaker companies develop one crazy style after the other, Lacoste stays within its heritage and shows off some classy sneakers for this Winter season.
Check out all Revan 3 Sheepskin styles in detail after the jump.

Here we present you part of the first drop of the Lacoste Stealth Fall 2007 collection. Under the roof of the Stealth collection Lacoste has already brought out many strong sneakers and translated very successfully their classic tennis silhouettes into lifestyle sneakers. The Sneaker Freaker collaboration also pushed the brand a lot into the high end sneaker market. Here you will see now the latest Missouri 85 styles and Revan 3 styles that will be hitting shelves in the next couple of weeks.
The Missouri 85, was a high performance tennis shoe, and one of the first by Lacoste for all-terrain. Seen on both hard and clay courts in the mid 80’s, they now release it in a premium leather and suede mix, featuring embossed pique detail on the vamp and collar. For Fall ‘07 they release four new styles of the Missouri 85 in nice colorways.
The Revan 3 gets a contemporary make-over this season. The woven fabric on the tongue and vamp,  with discreet crocodile  heel branding  and signature  blanket stitch  detail makes a great looking sneaker. This season in  four new colorways.
Check out all the new Missouri 85 and Revan 3 releases after the jump.