LEISURE SUIT INVENTOR UNRAVELS READING DISORDER
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) ? Did you ever wonder who invented the leisure suit and what he?s doing now?
The leisure suit was invented in 1970 by designer Jerry Rosengarten, who is now a real estate developer in New York City.
The very first polyester double-knit leisure suit was a reversible navy-blue/houndstooth outfit Rosengarten created to highlight the versatility of double-knits.
Unfortunately, the polyester jacket became known as ?the sleaze-ure suit? after second-rate companies started making cheap knockoffs in bizarre colors including powder blue and mint green.
Rosengarten says if the major textile mills had jumped on the polyester bandwagon sooner, leisure suits would still be in style today.
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