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Short Stuff: Leisure Suits

September 16, 2026·11 min·4-min readconversationalculture
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TLDR
The gang dives into the bizarre and flamboyant world of the leisure suit, a polyester-clad fashion blip of the 1970s that tried to be office-appropriate, Easter-ready, and disco-dominant all at once. It failed at professionalism but succeeded in becoming a cultural punchline.


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People

Jerry RosengartenGene SiskelJohn Travolta

Companies

Lee Jeans

Products & Tools

Leisure Suit

Topics

FashionLong Form JournalismPop CultureTrue Crime

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