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They actually look like the stuff that Mao Tse Tung was making everybody wear when he was running China.

If we can get people calling them "Mao suits", then the RWNJs (their target market) will stay away in droves.

#MaoSuit #LowQualityJeans

@are0h

Jonathan EmmesediJan 26, 2025

It's only recently that I've learnt that the Mao suit was first developed by Sun Yat-sen.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151007-from-red-guards-to-bond-villains-why-the-mao-suit-endures

#ZhongshanSuit #MaoSuit #HistoryOfDress #FashionHistory #ChineseHistory #China #MaoZedong #MensApparel #SunYatsen

From Red Guards to Bond villains: Why the Mao suit endures

It is associated with the austerity of the Cultural Revolution โ€“ and the villainy of Bond baddies. But some, including Xi Jinping, look to reclaim it, writes Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore.

BBC