While acting as an informal alternative to sports coats or suits, the leisure suit eventually because a cause ridicule, with certain restaurants and businesses going so far to ban them from being worn in their establishments. leisure suit n (1975) : a suit consisting of a shirt jacket and matching trousers for informal wear – Websters Dictionary
Leisure suits first originated in Europe in the 1700’s but the 1970’s saw the emergence of the polyester version, sported by lounge lizards across the United States.
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