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Gator Lovin'

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by AlecGrieco
We've all seen those Izod/Lacoste shirts with the gators on them; worn by the prepsters across the nations. Here's my take on them; hope you like it. This is how new polo shirts are made.
swingliner
swingliner on Jun 22 '05
hahahaha. very nice
Pifman
Pifman on Jun 22 '05
I like it.
nlrsoccermm
nlrsoccermm on Jun 22 '05
i would wear this shirt everyday...all the poeple where i live where those izod/lacoste shirts and spend lots of money on them...this would be a silent way of shuting them off...haha

yes



i <3 it
marthanancy
marthanancy on Jun 23 '05
That's awesome. $5
evan604
evan604 on Jun 23 '05
I'd buyt it. VEry funny. I WANT THIS SHIRT. Maybe you could do it with the abercrombie mooses.



:)
handsome_imposter
handsome_imposter on Jun 23 '05
this is mad !
gadg3tg1rl
gadg3tg1rl on Jun 23 '05
that reminds me of the 70s leisure suits

u tellin me that people are wearing that crap NOW?



I'd buy one. Simple yet effective.

$5
indivisual
indivisual on Jun 23 '05
And the Ecko rhino, and the American Eagle eagle! The crocs are the best, though.
AngelfMercy
AngelfMercy on Jun 23 '05
I think they need to be smaller or it won't actually look right
RaeKuusou
RaeKuusou on Jun 23 '05
really should be printed on a polo!
AlecGrieco
AlecGrieco on Jun 23 '05
tees or polos would work



I think threadless has printed on a polo before...that one geek crest.
stucknsantee
stucknsantee on Jun 23 '05
me likey
stelam
stelam on Jun 23 '05
ahaha made me smile :)

I'd buy it
Strawbs
Strawbs on Jun 23 '05
I <3 THIS!!!!!! 5$5$5$
mirroriot
mirroriot on Jun 23 '05
i love the idea, but a little to plain for me. still givin a 4.
1975
1975 on Jun 23 '05
NO COMMENTS







http://tornado02.t.skyblog.com/pics/1619384.jpg



http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&client=safari&rls=en-us&biw=1140&q=jacoste&btnG=Search







IF U CANNOT OPEN THE LINK JUST TYPE

J'ACCOSTE UNDER GOOGLE/YAHOO IMAGE

Anti-Smiley
Anti-Smiley on Jun 23 '05
very funny :)
merricksmile
merricksmile on Jun 23 '05
hmm... ipod ripoff-negative // lacoste ripoff-positive. what's the difference? both are spoofs. i'll never understand. anyway, nice job man, made me laugh hehehe. 3pts
AlecGrieco
AlecGrieco on Jun 23 '05
1975,

I have never seen this before I did it. I really dont know what to say. My dad and I came up with the idea while making fun of prepsters from the 80s. idea aside...the art isnt the same.
AlecGrieco
AlecGrieco on Jun 23 '05
Plus 1975, how did you find that unless you searched Jaccoste?(and Why?) My design is based off Lacoste, what made you search Jaccoste.
MADELINA
MADELINA on Jun 23 '05
well... in France back i n te 80s Jaccoste was a "popular" conterfeit t shirt..

J'accoste means i'm accosting.... u know .. french.

BuriedAlive
BuriedAlive on Jun 24 '05
Haha oh there faces are priceless.
MaryWise
MaryWise on Jun 24 '05
$5!
2rde4rc
2rde4rc on Jun 24 '05
Just curious if you have ever printed this design before or made little patches of it. I have seen this design used and sold at the Rose Bowl Swap Meet in Pasadena, CA. Just wasn't sure if you knew about that. If you made this up you should look into it. Good Luck!!!
xcellardoorx
xcellardoorx on Jun 24 '05
hehehe! very clever!
AlecGrieco
AlecGrieco on Jun 24 '05
I havent seen this design before, but it is very possible someone hadthe idea before me.
artswork
artswork on Jun 25 '05
Better drawing please.
alphonse
alphonse on Jun 25 '05
possible copyright infringement. I'd be careful. But it made me laugh.
CaptainOctopuz
CaptainOctopuz on Jun 26 '05
Who doesn't love animals having sex?



Especially on a t-shirt.



BRAVO!
tofusyndicate
tofusyndicate on Jun 26 '05
haha, this is great; yeah try making a hollister/abercrombie one.
Agency26
Agency26 on Jun 26 '05
serious lawsuit potential ... trust me, trust me, trust me, you don't want this to get printed. believe me when I tell you this. print it for yourself, or your friends, sell it at the local swap meet, but don't put it 'out there' on any kind of widespread scale. You will end up feeling like the alligator doing the catching.



the biggest issue is 'dilution' and 'tarnishment' of a famous mark ... the parody defense cannot work when there are strong sexual overtones and the mark is a famous mark. I wouldn't have spent the time on this post if I didn't have first-hand experience with T-shirts and the law.



Agency26
Agency26 on Jun 26 '05
other than that, you might put some eyelashes on the receipient croc or it looks like two male crocs. G'day mate.
missingno
missingno on Jun 26 '05
navy





YES!!
GMO
GMO on Jun 26 '05
Wait....what's that gator doing with the other one???? Maybe it would be safer to have just one gator on the shirt....just one gator thinking about gator sex.....no thought bubble...just a hor-nay little gator sitting up-on the shirt....We smart people would understand the message. We would see it and say "hey, I bet that gator is thinkin about gator sex.."
a boy on a string.
a boy on a string. on Jun 26 '05
funny.
AlecGrieco
AlecGrieco on Jun 26 '05
Agency26, companies knock off lacoste all the time (and not even in a Funny way). I really do appreciate your comment though. Im not sure about infringment laws, but hey...we'll see what happens when its scored. Ill post a blog about it, may Shimala or someone can comment on the lawfulness of the design. Thanks
pinkerton
pinkerton on Jun 26 '05
It would work better on a polo.
thornykins
thornykins on Jun 26 '05
I think the animal sex shirts are played out, y0.
chbeeston
chbeeston on Jun 26 '05
I would only want this if it was actually embroidered on a polo. definitely cool, i hate those lacoste shirts.
mollyllom
mollyllom on Jun 27 '05
hahahaha awesome
Deusfaux
Deusfaux on Jun 27 '05
**** THIS DESIGN IS NOT ORIGINAL. ****



it's not your f'ing take on it buddy. it's a fairly popular logo you can stitch onto clothing.



Get your own ideas.
Deusfaux
Deusfaux on Jun 27 '05
- it's an extremely poor copy of a design he saw somewhere else.
Deusfaux
Deusfaux on Jun 27 '05
sorry about the harshness of the comments. i respect the submitter when they respect us and dont act so innocently and clueless after ripping on someone else's idea
unicornfluff
unicornfluff on Jun 27 '05
Oooooo.

Man, it looks like this one is a no-go. Cute though it maybe, you're looking at lawsiuts and all kinds of other stuff. Sucks, man. Sorry. try again.
AlecGrieco
AlecGrieco on Jun 27 '05
i really didnt rip off this idea, whether someone did it before me or not, my dad and I thought of this. The artwork IS original, I drew it in photoshop, whether the idea was done before or not.



I can see why this wouldnt be printed, but Im fucking sick of people saying I am unoriginal. When I did this I had no previuos knowledge that someone else thought of this. Im not stupid enough to intentionaly submit copied material. As for the artwork, ITS ALL MINE, I did it in photoshop
seanfarnum
seanfarnum on Jun 27 '05
HA!
factiond
factiond on Jun 28 '05
i've never seen it before. i like it.
The_King
The_King on Jun 28 '05
my friend loves lacoste. i would buy one for me and for her.



i love it!
The_King
The_King on Jun 28 '05
its gotta be on a polo though.
momokemushi
momokemushi on Jun 28 '05
oh you should definately try to get it put on a polo if they'll let you... its kinda sick, but very funny hehe ^_^
SCHOSR_I
SCHOSR_I on Jun 28 '05
that's sick
bekki
bekki on Jun 28 '05
i think its hillarious but i wouldnt have the guts to wear it in public, i know too many people in my town that love lacoste so i think i would be killed
so she said
so she said on Jun 28 '05
sweet



5$
alialiali4
alialiali4 on Jun 28 '05
Hahaha. Yes!
Deusfaux
Deusfaux on Jun 28 '05
" Im fucking sick of people saying I am unoriginal."



well what did you expect when you copied a design you saw somewhere else and submitted it?



the artwork is original? what, just because you poorly copied by hand something you saw makes it yours?



you're a liar. the alligators are in the same position and everything. you and your dad "thought" it would be great to take the design you saw in any # of places and put it on real shirts.



I wonder how many people have put a checkmark on their shirts and then claimed to "think of it themselves" after the fact 8)





even if you did think of it yourself (which you didnt) the best way to handle it would be to say "oh sorry, I didnt realise it was already out there, and 10x better looking than mine, I would withdraw this submission if I could - I probably saw it without remembering"
AlecGrieco
AlecGrieco on Jun 29 '05
deusfuax,

fuck you man,

"well what did you expect when you copied a design you saw somewhere else and submitted it?"

because you cant fucking read, ill say it again. Until someone sent me the link in this comment list, I didnt know this arleady existed. You thin kyou know exactly how it went whe nI designed this. As far as the "original" logo's art, yeah its cleaner and one color (like a logo!), mine's supposed to be a little shakey like a patch on the polo. Your a dumbass.



I hate people that think they have it all figured out.
Darn
Darn on Jun 29 '05
for some, yes, but not for me
porkydork
porkydork on Jun 29 '05
haven't you ever heard about the invention of the phone?

people all over the world were eventing them at the same general time, and not because they were ripping each other off.

sometimes people do just have the same idea.

im sure no one person can be credited for the i-spoofs.
porkydork
porkydork on Jun 29 '05
i guess i should have directed that comment towards someone. i sound like an idiot.



that was for those who those who accused him of copying
secondprize
secondprize on Jun 29 '05
its a fairly simple design/concept, so its easy to understand that it may have been done before without the designer already knowing.
Dust!
Dust! on Jun 29 '05
I've scored +4,

but now I'm thinking that it's unfair.

yes, taking so famous logo is too easy.



we are trying to make up new ideas, new subjects and it is more difficult than it you made....

..and we accept all criticism, sometimes hard criticism.



so,

anyway,



I'll make a shirt with coca-cola logo.

[it's so easy finding eps logo online]



sorry,

I'm taut.
robofrance
robofrance on Jun 29 '05
Do alligators really fuck like that? I've never seen alligator sex before, but I don't know if reptiles do it the same way mamals do.
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TSquared
TSquared on Jul 19 '05
Well, I think it's funny and I would buy it if it were printed.
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chickybird
chickybird on Jul 28 '05
They do it underwater.
77 days later
panicTAG
panicTAG on Oct 13 '05
Wow!



Thank's 1975, I finally know what that logo paraody is all about. I actually have an embroidered patch of this logo, with the crocs doing it. i've had it for years, and before me, my mom had it since i was born, about 25 years.





If i could post a pic, i would. Its a blast, highly detailed and in great conditiom.



thanks 1975
panicTAG
panicTAG on Oct 13 '05
ohh yeah, as far as other companies and their logos, see here:



http://threadpit.com/store/home.php?cat=262
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justgiv'r
justgiv'r on Dec 05 '05
NICE SPIN...[RINT

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superdelux
superdelux on Aug 23 '06
i would never ever wear l*c*st*



but this is great
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st3phphane
st3phphane on Sep 05 '06
i love this!
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bjbetty
bjbetty on May 17 '07
i think that threadpit.com has a bunch like this one.
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sbgm
sbgm on Oct 01 '07
Can somebody tell me where i can get this? NEEEED IT!!
littlem
littlem on Oct 01 '07
my firstborn son designed this shirt!
sbgm
sbgm on Oct 01 '07
my mother saw this shirt when she was in london but did not bought one. I thought it looked NICE!
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