Leisure Suits

People wore some tacky stuff during the Seventies, but nothing, I mean NOTHING, can compare with the much maligned leisure suit.

Now, I never was into fashion, but as far as I can recall a lesiure suit was a jacket and pants combination designed for casual use without a tie. (Ties were a bit too conservative for many men during the Seventies). The jackets often resembled large shirts and could button up pretty close to the collar, making the wearer look a bit like Chairman Mao.

Only folk musicians, organics and rapidly aging hipsters wore natural fabrics during the Decade of Disco. Leisure suits were for none of the above, and the favorite fabric for these has to have been polyester. Yeah, it didn't "breathe" well, but it didn't wrinkle, either. The "double-knit" weave of this fabric was especially popular.