Tracksuit
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A tracksuit is an article of clothing consisting of two parts- trousers and a jacket. It was originally intended for use in sports, mainly as what athletes wore over competition clothing (such as running shirt and shorts or a swimsuit) and would take off before competition. In modern times, it has become commonly worn in other contexts.
From the late 1980s through the mid 1990s tracksuits were in fashion, however today, in the UK, they are largely seen as the common form of dress of charvas and not something to wear if you wish to look presentable unless you are actually participating in exercise.
In the US, however, variations on tracksuits are still, in many circles, completely acceptable forms of casual wear, although the items are more commonly worn as separates - a hoodie and coordinating, but not matching, sweatpants or yoga pants, for example. It's rare to see someone wearing an entire, matching tracksuit. That type of outfit is more commonly seen on elderly people, and is not considered fashionable.
In the film Game of Death. Bruce Lee famously wore a yellow tracksuit instead of more traditional kung fu clothing. He did this to demonstrate that Jeet Kune Do was a modern purely practical way of fighting and not the pretentious art of traditional kung fu.
[edit] Tracksuits as the clothing choice of certain subcultures
Tracksuits are associated (stereotypically) with the chav subculture in the UK
