- Leisure suit
A leisure suit is a fashion of the 1970s, consisting of a shirtlike jacket and matching pants, [ [http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/pic/2004/leisure/teenagers.asp June 2004 Pic of the Month at the
Henry Ford Museum] ] usually made of stretchable double knitpolyester . It is often considered emblematic of the era's taste in men's clothing.The fashion has some precedent in styles of the 70s and earlier, but only became popular when — with the creation and popularization of synthetic materials — unprecedented cheapness met with a culture that had come to hate formality.Fact|date=March 2008 The leisure suit gained popularity with its promise to bring a stylish suit that could be used in formal business, but was comfortable and trendy enough for everyday wear. The leisure suit height of popularity was in 1976,Fact|date=March 2008 but fell from fashion around 1979.Fact|date=March 2008
The leisure suit became associated in popular culture with bar culture, gangsterism, and conversely, with clueless dressing, e.g. "
Leisure Suit Larry ". A sub-genre of the leisure suit culture is the "full Cleveland". A full Cleveland is a leisure suit combined with a white belt and white dress shoes. By 1978, most retailers were all but giving their inventory away.ee also
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