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  2. Suit jacket - Wikipedia

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    The 1870s saw the birth of the suit, which at first was met with great skepticism and viewed primarily as leisure wear. [4] In particular, which came into fashion in the late 1870s, a suit in a large plaid with rolled to the knee pants. [5] Since 1860, all the components of the suit began to be sewn from a uniform fabric.

  3. Racing suit - Wikipedia

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    Suits used for kart racing are not typically fire retardant, but rather are made to be abrasion resistant using leather, nylon or cordura. [28] [29] Suits used for motorcycle racing, called motorcycle leathers, are also designed to be abrasion resistant. They consist of leather or a similarly strong material, with nylon and spandex fabrics ...

  4. Jumpsuit - Wikipedia

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    Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen in a protective one-piece auto race suit. The late 1960s and 1970s were very important years for the jumpsuit. They were made as sportswear, in leather one-pieces, and also as embellished designs for evening. Jumpsuits found a place in every designer's designs. In the 1970s jumpsuit was a unisex outfit. Cher ...

  5. History of suits - Wikipedia

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    The Beatle suit, inspired by Pierre Cardin's collarless jackets, derived from Edwardian suits and the Indian Nehru jacket. The Mod suit, a fashion of the 1960s, and again in the early 2010s. Characteristics include a very slim cut, narrow lapels, three or four buttons and a strongly tapered waist. Usually single-breasted and grey.

  6. Heavy metal fashion - Wikipedia

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    The clothing associated with heavy metal has its roots in the biker, [1] rocker, and leather subcultures.Heavy metal fashion includes elements such as leather jackets; combat boots, studded belts, hi-top basketball shoes (more common with old school thrash metalheads); blue or black jeans, camouflage pants and shorts, and denim jackets or kutte vests, often adorned with badges, pins and patches.

  7. Leisure suit - Wikipedia

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    Examples of the leisure suit based on the safari jacket in 1976. A leisure suit is a casual suit consisting of a shirt-like jacket and matching trousers (pants), [1] typically made from polyester. [2] It is associated with American-influenced fashion and fads of the 1970s.

  8. Louisiana police officer killed during a SWAT operation ...

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    In a statement on its Facebook page, the department identified the officer killed as Senior Cpl. Segus Jolivette, a SWAT negotiator. The husband and father of five joined the department in ...

  9. Shoulder pad (fashion) - Wikipedia

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    When high-fashion womenswear reverted to highly structured garments with big shoulder pads for fall of 1978, high-fashion menswear followed suit the following year, [157] Cardin replicating his women's pagoda shoulders in his men's suits [158] and even Armani adding unusually pronounced shoulder pads to his men's jackets, [159] [160] a trend ...