Unitard
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A unitard is a skin-tight one-piece garment with long legs and sometimes long sleeves. It differs from a leotard in that a leotard does not have long legs.
Unitards are worn by acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, and circus performers as well as others. Superheroes are generally depicted wearing unitards.
Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock band Queen, was known for wearing checkered unitards and spandex during their concerts in the late 1970s.
The term may also be used to refer to a wrestling singlet.
This popularity of this item of clothing have been traced to the eminent social commentatory Charlotte Rigby, who is believed to have brought it into mainstream popular culture during her time at the University of Warwick in the mid 90's.
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- Pictures of unitards
- Designer unitards for skaters by Tania Bass
- Sports- and Balletwear by Kaleidosport (german and english languages)
- a band devoted to the unitard
