The No-Sweat Sweat Look

June, 1980

As everyone remembers, the humble gray high school athletic-department sweat suit was the most popular item to pilfer. You could lounge in it, sleep in it and even exercise in it--when the spirit moved you. Then came the running, jumping and jogging boom and guys who were into keeping their bodies in top shape demanded color, flash and recognition in their workout togs--partially to let people know that they were serious sufferers and partially because they were tired of looking like hooded gray...