Editing Tracksuit (section)

==Fashion history==
[[Sweatpants]] were first invented by French sportswear manufacturer [[Le Coq Sportif]] in 1920 to provide athletes with comfort and ease of mobility.<ref name="sanvt">{{cite web |title=The history of sweatpants, joggers & tracksuits |url=https://sanvt.com/blogs/journal/history-of-sweatpants?country=PH |website=SANVT |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=en |date=28 April 2023}}</ref> As sweatpants became more common, Le Coq Sportif designed the "Sunday suit" as a combination of sweatpants and a matching top, for use in home relaxation or daily exercise.<ref name=vice/>

Tracksuits would become popular casualwear in 1967 when [[Adidas]] created their first piece of apparel and marketed it in collaboration with German footballer [[Franz Beckenbauer]]. The Beckenbauer Adidas collection was followed by instances of depictions of tracksuits in pop culture, such as [[Bruce Lee]] wearing tracksuits in ''[[Longstreet (TV series)|Longstreet]]'' and ''[[Game of Death]]''.<ref name=vice/> Tracksuits were associated with the youth culture of the time, particularly [[hippies]] and university students.<ref name=sanvt/>

[[File:Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 4×100 metres freestyle relay W.JPG|thumb|The victory ceremony of the women's 4 × 100 metres [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[Relay race|relay]] at the [[2015 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Kazan]]; winners are wearing tracksuits, 2015.]]
Tracksuits at the time were made out of cotton, polyester, terry cloth, or a mix. In the late 1970s velour became popular, so much so that it became the most used form of fabric on a tracksuit.

[[Hip-hop]] culture would also contribute to the tracksuit's mainstream success. In 1986, [[Run DMC]] released the song [[My Adidas]], with a [[music video]] featuring the group prominently wearing Adidas tracksuits, further associating tracksuits with hip-hop.<ref name=sanvt/>

The trend of wearing athletic clothing continued into the early 1980s. Tracksuits were eventually replaced by shellsuits, which were made out of nylon, in the late 1980s. This trend was short-lived, lasting only a few years.

In the [[United Kingdom]], tracksuits became popular due to [[1968 Olympics Black Power salute|Tommie Smith and John Carlos' black power salute during the 1968 Olympics]] and [[Bob Marley]]'s Jamaican tracksuit. Young white working-class men in the UK often wore tracksuits to football games during the 1980s and the clothing was associated with football hooliganism at the time.<ref name=vice/>

A descendant of the tracksuit, the '''shell suit''', which arrived in the late 1980s, became popular with the hip-hop and breakdancing scene of the era.<ref name="I Love Shell Suits">{{cite web|url=http://www.iloveshellsuits.com/history.htm |title=History of The Shellsuit |publisher=Iloveshellsuits.com |access-date=2012-10-06}}</ref> They were manufactured from a mix of [[cellulose triacetate]] and [[polyester]] making them shiny on the outside, with distinctive combinations of colours.<ref name="shellsuit">{{cite web |url=http://www.fashion-era.com/fitness_fashion_after_1960.htm |title=Fitness Fashion History after 1960 |access-date=2013-05-02}}</ref>

In the late 1990s, tracksuits made a comeback in mainstream fashion for both men and women. They returned to the fabrics of the 1970s, most notably polyester. The trend continued into the 2000s, when velour made a comeback, by the likes of [[Juicy Couture]] and other brands. This continued for most of the decade. Tracksuits briefly went out of fashion in the late 2000s, resurfacing in the 2010s with "[[athleisure]]" trends.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/10-times-celebrities-wore-tracksuits.html|title=Celebrities Wearing Tracksuits|last=Ma|first=Julie|work=The Cut|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andriacheng/2018/02/09/here-are-some-more-signs-athleisure-trend-still-has-legs/#4a2ece3e33cb|title=The Athleisure Trend Isn't Taking A Rest|last=Cheng|first=Andria|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en}}</ref>

Beginning in the early-2000s, tracksuits have been associated with [[Grime (music genre)|grime music]] in the UK and its related culture. This has led to the style of clothing being associated in the mainstream media with [[Gangs in the United Kingdom|the country's gang culture]], however grime musicians such as [[Stormzy]] have openly disassociated from them.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Amin |first1=Ruhi Parmar |title=THE EVOLUTION OF: TRACKSUITS – HOW UK GRIME TRANSFORMED THE SPORTSWEAR CLASSIC |date=31 January 2019 |url=https://indie-mag.com/2019/01/evolution-tracksuits-grime/ |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

Since 2006, prominent fashion designers have been asked to design tracksuits for the athletes of various [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] teams, usually all the athletes representing one country. For example, designer [[Ralph Lauren]] created the USA uniforms for the 2010 [[Winter Olympic Games]] opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2012/07/olympics-2012-ralph-lauren-reveals-us-olympic-team-opening-ceremony-outfits.html |title=Olympics 2012: Ralph Lauren reveals U.S. team opening ceremony outfits |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=2012-07-10 |access-date=2014-03-23}}</ref>  The sportswear company [[Adidas]] hired Stella McCartney to be the Creative Director for the 2012 GB Olympic Games (by Adidas)—the first time in the history of the games that a leading fashion designer has designed the apparel for a particular country’s team across all competitions for both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|author=Zoe Beaty |url=http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2012/03/22/stella-mccartney-s-winning-olympic-kit-for-team-great-britain--first-look.htm |title=Stella McCartney Unveils 2012 Olympics Kit! &#124; Grazia Fashion |publisher=Graziadaily.co.uk |date=2012-03-22 |access-date=2014-03-23}}</ref>