Το κείμενό μου λέει "...who has, not a leisure suit, but the '80s version".
Leisure Suits: Getting the Respect They Deserve The leisure suit is a much-maligned garment in men’s fashion history. Today, we shake our heads at the wide lapels (with contrasting stitching if one is lucky), bell-bottom hems, gaudy colors and nubby-textured double-knit polyester fabric of the leisure suit of the 1970s. What were they thinking? Who would dare to wear such a garment? And why?
In its heyday during the mid-1970s, the leisure suit was truly a groovy kinda thing. The innovative, comfortable, and inexpensive suit was brightly fashionable and was worn to just about anything and everything imaginable. After all, a gent did not have to be fitted for it. He could just buy it off the rack. Many men bought them in a number of colors and wore them in clubs, at work, out for dinner, or on a stroll.
A leisure suit is a fashion of the 1970s, consisting of a shirtlike jacket and matching pants, usually made of stretchable double knit polyester. 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. 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, but fell from fashion around 1979. 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.
Leisure Suits: Getting the Respect They Deserve The leisure suit is a much-maligned garment in men’s fashion history. Today, we shake our heads at the wide lapels (with contrasting stitching if one is lucky), bell-bottom hems, gaudy colors and nubby-textured double-knit polyester fabric of the leisure suit of the 1970s. What were they thinking? Who would dare to wear such a garment? And why?
In its heyday during the mid-1970s, the leisure suit was truly a groovy kinda thing. The innovative, comfortable, and inexpensive suit was brightly fashionable and was worn to just about anything and everything imaginable. After all, a gent did not have to be fitted for it. He could just buy it off the rack. Many men bought them in a number of colors and wore them in clubs, at work, out for dinner, or on a stroll.
A leisure suit is a fashion of the 1970s, consisting of a shirtlike jacket and matching pants, usually made of stretchable double knit polyester. 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. 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, but fell from fashion around 1979. 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.
