#lacoste — Public Fediverse posts
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Lacoste and Alpine’s Wild One-Off Rally Car https://theinspirationgrid.com/lacoste-and-alpines-wild-one-off-rally-car/ #car #alpine #lacoste #IndustrialDesign #VehicleDesign #AutomotiveDesign #DesignInspiration #DesignInspo #inspiration #InspirationGrid
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Lacoste and Alpine’s Wild One-Off Rally Car https://theinspirationgrid.com/lacoste-and-alpines-wild-one-off-rally-car/ #car #alpine #lacoste #IndustrialDesign #VehicleDesign #AutomotiveDesign #DesignInspiration #DesignInspo #inspiration #InspirationGrid
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The Rainbow Warrior Affair
#Nuclear #Power, State #Secrecy, and the Slow Machinery of #TruthOn the night of July 10, 1985, the #harbor of #Auckland, New Zealand, looked calm. The water reflected the city lights. Crew members aboard the #Greenpeace ship #Rainbow Warrior were asleep after a long day of preparations. Nothing suggested that a Western #democracy was about to launch a covert #military #operation against a civilian vessel.
Then the #explosions came.
Within minutes, the #ship sank into the dark harbor water. One man died: photographer Fernando #Pereira. What initially looked like #sabotage soon evolved into one of the most revealing #intelligence #scandals of the Cold #War.
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior was not only an #attack on a ship. It was an attack on visibility itself. Greenpeace wanted to bring cameras, journalists, and public attention to French nuclear testing in the #Pacific. #France wanted silence.
The #conflict between those two goals shaped everything that followed.
The Nuclear #Logic of the Cold War
To understand act of #terrorism, one must first understand the political #psychology of nuclear powers during the Cold War.After the United States used atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, nuclear weapons became symbols of strategic prestige and geopolitical survival. Possessing the bomb meant entering an exclusive club of global influence. France joined that club in 1960 under President Charles de Gaulle.
For French political elites, nuclear independence was not merely military policy. It became part of national identity. France viewed its nuclear deterrent — the force de frappe — as proof that the country remained a sovereign world power independent from both #Washington and #Moscow.
But nuclear #weapons require testing.
France first conducted tests in colonial #Algeria. After Algerian independence in 1962, Paris moved its testing program to French #Polynesia, especially the #Mururoa and #Fangataufa #atolls in the Pacific #Ocean.
To #Paris, these remote islands seemed strategically ideal.
To environmental activists, they became symbols of colonial #arrogance and ecological #violence.
Greenpeace emerged directly from this historical moment. Founded in #Vancouver in 1971, the #organization pioneered a new form of political #activism: media-centered confrontation. Instead of fighting states militarily, Greenpeace used images, ships, and public spectacle. Activists understood that modern #politics increasingly depended on #television and emotional #symbolism.
In this sense, the Rainbow Warrior was more than a ship. It was a floating camera and cameras threaten secrecy.
Why France Saw Greenpeace as a Strategic #Threat
By 1985, Greenpeace planned to protest French nuclear testing directly at Mururoa Atoll. The Rainbow Warrior was expected to transport activists and assist Pacific #island communities opposing the tests.French intelligence services feared international humiliation.
This fear is important. Governments rarely conduct covert operations because they are physically weak. They do so because they fear symbolic weakness. Nuclear powers depend heavily on credibility, prestige, and deterrence. In the logic of Cold War #geopolitics, allowing activists to disrupt military testing risked projecting vulnerability.
The French external intelligence service, the #DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure), therefore received orders to neutralize the ship.
The operation was given the #codename Opération Satanique.
The name itself reveals the strange theatricality often surrounding covert operations. Intelligence agencies frequently cloak violence in bureaucratic language, technical terminology, or symbolic code names. Such language creates psychological distance between planners and consequences.
It transforms people into “targets.” Ships into “objectives.” Deaths into “collateral effects.”
The Architecture of a Covert Operation
The attack on the Rainbow Warrior was sophisticated but not flawless.French agents entered New Zealand under false identities. Combat divers secretly attached limpet mines to the hull of the ship while undercover operatives monitored the harbor area. Another agent, Christine #Cabon, infiltrated Greenpeace itself months before the bombing. Posing as a volunteer, she gathered internal information and transmitted it to Paris.
The operation reveals four classic mechanisms of covert state power:
1. #Infiltration
Intelligence agencies often penetrate organizations by exploiting openness and trust. Greenpeace depended heavily on volunteers. That #vulnerability allowed Cabon to enter the group with relative ease.The strategy resembles modern #cyberwarfare. Instead of hacking computers, intelligence services inserted a human being into the system.
2. Plausible Deniability
Operations are designed so political leaders can deny direct involvement. Orders are often transmitted orally. Written evidence remains minimal.This structure creates distance between decision-makers and operational violence.
In public, leaders appear uninvolved. In private, command chains remain understood.
3. Controlled Narratives
After the bombing, French officials denied responsibility. #Defense Minister Charles #Hernu publicly insisted that no French service had carried out the attack.The first official investigations minimized state involvement.
Such reactions are common after intelligence scandals. Governments initially attempt to control information flow long enough to stabilize political damage. Historians repeatedly encounter this pattern across different countries and eras.
4. Sacrificial Containment
When #evidence becomes overwhelming, lower-ranking officials are often sacrificed to protect higher political #authority.In the Rainbow Warrior #affair, DGSE chief Pierre #Lacoste and Defense Minister Hernu lost their positions. President François #Mitterrand, however, remained politically untouched and won reelection in 1988.
The structure resembles a firewall in computer systems: expendable layers absorb damage before it reaches the center.
The #Mistake That #Broke the #Operation
Despite careful planning, the operation failed because of an almost banal #error.Witnesses observed suspicious activity near a rented van and noted its license plate number. This small #observation enabled New Zealand investigators to identify two French operatives: Alain #Mafart and Dominique #Prieur.
Their arrest transformed the bombing from #rumor into #international #crisis.
New Zealand reacted with unusual determination. Prime Minister David Lange rejected French attempts to frame the affair as a regrettable misunderstanding. He insisted that state #terrorism had occurred on New Zealand soil.
His response mattered historically because it challenged a powerful Western ally publicly and directly. Small states rarely confront nuclear powers successfully. New Zealand did.
The Long Silence Around François Mitterrand
The central mystery persisted for years:Did #President François Mitterrand personally #authorize the operation?
For a long time, the answer remained hidden behind silence.
Mitterrand refused detailed public discussion of the affair. This #silence itself became politically effective. Modern #media systems often reward emotional immediacy. But silence can outlast outrage. News cycles move on. Public attention fragments.
Mitterrand understood this dynamic well. He remained silent until his death.
This delayed revelation illustrates a central challenge in intelligence history:
Truth often emerges only after institutions lose control over memory.
Retired officials write memoirs. Classified archives slowly open. Participants age. Political loyalties weaken.
#History is frequently reconstructed backward, fragment by fragment, like archaeologists rebuilding a shattered statue from scattered pieces.
Fernando Pereira and the Politics of #Witnessing
At the #moral center of the story stands Fernando Pereira.His #death transformed the operation from sabotage into #tragedy.
Pereira returned below deck to recover his photographic equipment after the first explosion. In doing so, he demonstrated a principle central to both journalism and activism: evidence matters.
Without documentation, suffering becomes abstract. Without images, distant violence remains politically invisible.
This explains why authoritarian systems and covert operations so often target journalists, photographers, and witnesses. Cameras challenge monopoly over #narrative.
The Rainbow Warrior affair therefore was never simply about one ship. It was about who controls #reality in the public #imagination.
Greenpeace sought exposure. The French state sought containment.
One side used cameras. The other used #explosives.
Why the Affair Still Matters
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior remains historically significant because it exposed uncomfortable truths about democratic governments and covert violence.The affair demonstrated that even liberal democracies can authorize illegal operations when strategic interests feel threatened. It revealed how intelligence agencies rely on secrecy, infiltration, deniability, and narrative management. It also showed how difficult accountability becomes once national #security enters political discourse.
Most importantly, the case demonstrated that truth emerges slowly.
Not in dramatic cinematic revelations. Not through a single leaked document. But through decades of persistence by investigators, journalists, historians, witnesses, and former participants.
The Rainbow Warrior sank in #Auckland Harbor in 1985. But the deeper story surfaced much later.
#conspiracy #press #journalism #terror #military #crime #justice #democracy #fail #guilty
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Spotted: Arthur Fils in effortless @[email protected] style in the 305… 🐊
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Lacoste FW26 – “Ace The Runway” Featuring Kai (Kim Jong‑In) commercial
#Lacoste #abancommercials #commercial Video Lacoste FW26 – “Ace The Runway” Featuring Kai (Kim Jong‑In) commercial, actor, actress, girl, cast, song
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#Adidas es avenante un marca de articles tan fea como los de #Lacoste. :skype_giggle:
#Nike, #Jordan / #AirJordan1 e #AirForce1 es la seguente.
Gras pur en cada loca! 🤢🤮
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Lacoste Crocodile Style | Taylor Zakhar Perez commercial
#Lacoste #abancommercials #commercial Video Lacoste Crocodile Style | Taylor Zakhar Perez commercial, actor, actress, girl, cast, song
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Taylor Zakhar Perez Strips Down to Underwear Again for Steamy Lacoste Campaign Shot in Paris
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Taylor Zakhar Perez Strips Down to Underwear Again for Steamy Lacoste Campaign Shot in Paris
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Adrien Brody Sets Sights on New Role as Global Eyewear Ambassador for Lacoste
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Adrien Brody Sets Sights on New Role as Global Eyewear Ambassador for Lacoste
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Never thought this #lacoste sweater would look this cool
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Never thought this #lacoste sweater would look this cool
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Acteurs ayant participé aux campagnes Lacoste
#Lacoste #abancommercials
Découvrez les stars qui ont donné vie aux campagnes de Lacoste.
Explorez le parcours des acteurs, leurs rôles et l'impact de leurs
performances sur l'image de la marque.
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Actores que protagonizaron campañas de Lacoste
#Lacoste #abancommercials
Descubre a las estrellas que dieron vida a las campañas de
Lacoste. Explora a los actores, sus roles y el impacto de sus actuaciones
en la imagen de la marca.
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Actors Who Starred in Lacoste Campaigns
#Lacoste #abancommercials Discover the stars who brought Lacoste campaigns to life. Explore the
actors, their roles, and the impact of their performances on the brand's
image.
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https://www.walknews.com/1163390/ フランスのプレタポルテ業界、崩壊と希望のはざまで2025年を締めくくる – FashionNetwork 日本 #Aigle #André #AnneFontaine #Camaïeu #ComptoirDesCotonniers #Decathlon #fashionnetwork、ファッション #FédérationNationaleDeL'Habillement #France #IKKS #InstitutFrançaisDeLaMode #Jennyfer #Kaporal #Kookaï #LACOSTE #McKinsey #Minelli #PrincesseTam.tam #SaintJames #SanMarina #Shein #SlipFrançais #Temu #TEX #Zara #アパレル #ショー #テキスタイル #トレンド #ニュース #ビジネス #フランス #ブランド #マーケット #ランウェイ #化粧品 #小売 #業界 #海外 #繊維
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Pierre Niney
French Actor phorographed by Nicolas Valois
#pierreniney #nicolasvalois #portraitphotography #frenchactor #lacoste #photography #photographer #actor #acteur #fotografie #fotografia #guapo #handsome #belhomme
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Pierre Niney
French Actor phorographed by Nicolas Valois
#pierreniney #nicolasvalois #portraitphotography #frenchactor #lacoste #photography #photographer #actor #acteur #fotografie #fotografia #guapo #handsome #belhomme
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Pierre Niney
French Actor phorographed by Nicolas Valois
#pierreniney #nicolasvalois #portraitphotography #frenchactor #lacoste #photography #photographer #actor #acteur #fotografie #fotografia #guapo #handsome #belhomme
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Pierre Niney
French Actor phorographed by Nicolas Valois
#pierreniney #nicolasvalois #portraitphotography #frenchactor #lacoste #photography #photographer #actor #acteur #fotografie #fotografia #guapo #handsome #belhomme
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Il padre di #NicolaPietrangeli, di cui #Supertennis ha appena trasmesso il rito funebre nello Stadio del #tennis a #Roma a lui dedicato, fu il primo importatore in Italia. Quella volta che il logo del coccodrillo #Lacoste divenne il primo mai sfoggiato su un capo di abbigliamento https://www.vogue.it/article/logo-coccodrillo-lacoste-storia-evoluzione
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Il padre di #NicolaPietrangeli, di cui #Supertennis ha appena trasmesso il rito funebre nello Stadio del #tennis a #Roma a lui dedicato, fu il primo importatore in Italia. Quella volta che il logo del coccodrillo #Lacoste divenne il primo mai sfoggiato su un capo di abbigliamento https://www.vogue.it/article/logo-coccodrillo-lacoste-storia-evoluzione
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Long stretches in #prison for a #London gang from #Camden who stole a car and drove to the #WestEnd looking for people to rob, they stalked a #Greek tourist from a #nightclub all the way to #NewCross and #stabbed him to death after he refused to let go of a #Lacoste manbag and tried to protect his friends. They already have multiple previous convictions for #robbery
(this is a significant distance across London to follow someone)
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Long stretches in #prison for a #London gang from #Camden who stole a car and drove to the #WestEnd looking for people to rob, they stalked a #Greek tourist from a #nightclub all the way to #NewCross and #stabbed him to death after he refused to let go of a #Lacoste manbag and tried to protect his friends. They already have multiple previous convictions for #robbery
(this is a significant distance across London to follow someone)
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Paris sidenotes .. we missed Kai X Lacoste yesterday!
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Paris sidenotes .. we missed Kai X Lacoste yesterday!
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https://www.moezine.com/2070631/ インドの衣料品課税強化で世界のファッションブランドが後退の危機 – FashionNetwork 日本 By Reuters 掲載日 2025年9月4日 インドでは消費税が見直され、石鹸から高級SUVまであらゆるものが安くなる見込みですが、ZARA、リーバイ・ストラウス、ラコステといった世界的なファッションブランドは、29 #Arvind #dior #fashion #fashionnetwork、ファッション #gap #lacoste #LOUISVUITTON #Marks&Spencer #NIKE #PVH #Superdry #TOMMYHILFIGER #UNDERARMOUR #uniqlo #versace #zara #アパレル #ショー #テキスタイル #トレンド #ニュース #ビジネス #ファッション #フランス #ブランド #マーケット #ランウェイ #化粧品 #小売 #業界 #海外 #繊維
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https://www.walknews.com/1036278/ インドの衣料品課税強化で世界のファッションブランドが後退の危機 – FashionNetwork 日本 #Arvind #DIOR #fashionnetwork、ファッション #Gap #India #LACOSTE #LouisVuitton #Marks&Spencer #Nike #PVH #Superdry #TommyHilfiger #UnderArmour #Uniqlo #Versace #Zara #アパレル #インド #ショー #テキスタイル #トレンド #ニュース #ビジネス #フランス #ブランド #マーケット #ランウェイ #化粧品 #小売 #業界 #海外 #繊維
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Agrego una opinión estrictamente personal y un hecho objetivo.
En mi opinión, gusto y preferencias: he visto productos originales de #Adidas, #Nike o #LACOSTE que estéticamente son vomitivos. 🤮 Tan feos (o, en el caso de LACOSTE, más feos aún) que las falsificaciones.
Y, como hecho objetivo: los falsificadores saben tan bien copiar esa estética que, a simple vista, se hace difícil distinguir un producto auténtico de uno falsificado. Posta (solo se diferencian por la calidad de los materiales).
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ADORO IL GENIO - LA VITA È UNO SPORT...
Parafrasando #FrankCapra; un po' di sano #romanticismo per lo spot più bello del 2017.
#adoroilgenio #29luglio #cinema #uominiedonne #amore #crossover #commercials #spot #SpotTV #comunicazione #ADV #advertising #pubblicità #ADV #pubblicita #AmoreEterno #sport #Lacoste #vita #moda #sportswear #lifeweare #outfit #romantico
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ADORO IL GENIO - LA VITA È UNO SPORT...
Parafrasando #FrankCapra; un po' di sano #romanticismo per lo spot più bello del 2017.
#adoroilgenio #29luglio #cinema #uominiedonne #amore #crossover #commercials #spot #SpotTV #comunicazione #ADV #advertising #pubblicità #ADV #pubblicita #AmoreEterno #sport #Lacoste #vita #moda #sportswear #lifeweare #outfit #romantico
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https://www.magmoe.com/2455214/fashion/2025-07-29/ ディオールからロンシャンまで、ファッションが海辺のリゾート地を席巻 – FashionNetwork 日本 ##トレンド ##ブランド #BARNEYS #coccinelle #dior #Esprit #fashion #fashionnetwork、ファッション #guess #lacoste #longchamp #LOUISVUITTON #LVMH #NacoParis #Pollini #RobertoCavalli #sea #アパレル #ショー #テキスタイル #ニュース #ビジネス #ファッション #フランス #マーケット #ランウェイ #化粧品 #小売 #業界 #海外 #繊維
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#LACOSTE es la peor marca del mundo; no importa de qué categoría de prenda o accesorio se trate.
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Château de Lacoste à #Lacoste (#Vaucluse)
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00082229/lacoste-chateau-de-lacoste
#Patrimoine #MonumentHistorique
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Taylor Zakhar Perez Sets Internet on Fire After Stripping Down for Sultry Underwear Campaign
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Taylor Zakhar Perez Sets Internet on Fire After Stripping Down for Sultry Underwear Campaign
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#TaylorZakharPerez #Lacoste
The campaign comes on the heels of the actor’s showing in the front row of the Lacoste spring-summer 2025 fashion show. Per the brand, the the new underwear partnership “marks an exciting start to a long-term collaboration together.” 😍🥵
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#TaylorZakharPerez #Lacoste
"The campaign comes on the heels of the actor’s showing in the front row of the Lacoste spring-summer 2025 fashion show."Taylor Zakhar Perez Strips Down to Underwear as New Lacoste Ambassador
"The partnership signals the start of a 'long-term collaboration,' as Zakhar Perez says, 'it’s with great pride that I now carry the values of the crocodile.'"
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Taylor Zakhar Perez Strips Down to Underwear as New Lacoste Ambassador
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Company Develops AI Tech That Spots a Fake Designer Product From Single Photo https://petapixel.com/2024/11/29/company-develops-ai-tech-that-spots-a-fake-designer-product-from-single-photo/ #artificalintelligence #fashionphotography #counterfeit #Technology #lacoste #News
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https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1635123/politique/un-polo-lacoste-orne-dune-carte-du-monde-ou-le-maroc-est-separe-du-sahara-fait-polemique
Un polo #Lacoste orné d’une carte du monde où le #Maroc est séparé du #Sahara fait polémique
#sahraoui
Le sujet, hautement sensible, a déjà provoqué de nombreux remous et amené Rabat à mettre sur pied une « vigie 2.0 » chargée de repérer les visuels problématiques. -
⚡🇲🇨|🇨🇵INFO -Thierry #Lacoste, ex-avocat du prince Albert, est soupçonné d'être impliqué dans des opérations immobilières douteuses à #Monaco. Une perquisition dans un appartement dont il avait le bail a mené à la découverte de prostituées et de cocaïne... https://t.co/fZrdTDFxBh
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Victoire décisive contre le projet de Golf Lacoste
Communiqué :
13 ans de lutte ont eu raison du projet de golf et d’immobilier de Mme Lacoste et du promoteur immobilier Telcapi à Fontiers-Cabardès. L’association Montagne Noire Avenir qui, depuis 2021, prenait le relai du collectif citoyen « Les Crocodiles du Cabardès » dans la lutte contre l’installation d’un golf 18 trous avec club house, bar et restaurant ; un hôtel-restaurant 4 étoiles de 80 chambres et restaurant gastronomique de 170 couverts ; un complexe résidentiel de 68 villas, 52 maisons et 165 appartements et un héliport a reçu la confirmation des services de l’Etat : ce projet ne verra pas le jour (…).
En s’appuyant sur l’antinomie entre la consommation d’eau nécessaire à l’entretien d’un tel golf et à la sécheresse dont souffre notre région depuis des années, le préfet donne le clap de fin à un projet inadapté à notre époque : « Ce serait totalement absurde d’avoir un discours de préservation de la ressource en eau en montagne Noire et d’être en accord avec un projet de golf »
Lire le texte intégral : https://www.montagnenoireavenir.com/post/communiqu%C3%A9-18-janvier-2024-victoire-d%C3%A9cisive-de-montagne-noire-avenir-contre-le-projet-de-golf
Source : Montagne Noire Avenir
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#PhotoJanuary2024
Jour 1
In-extremisEttore Greco, L'Arbre de la vie, 2010, Lacoste, Luberon
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Mara Brock Akil “Falls Out of the Sky” Starring in Tyler, the Creator’s New Lacoste x Le Fleur Campaign Video
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Lacoste vs Système U : le croco prend un coup
👉 Pas assez chics pour vendre des polos Lacoste, les Super U ? La justice n’est pas franchement d’accord…
https://www.linforme.com/grande-conso/article/lacoste-vs-systeme-u-le-croco-prend-un-coup_883.html
