The abacost, a blending of the French "à bas le costume" (lit. 'down with the suit'), was the distinctive clothing for men that was promoted by Mobutu...
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Western-style attire was banned and replaced with the Mao-style tunic labeled the "abacost" and its female equivalent. The policy began to wane in the late 1970s...
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forbidding western suits and creating a state-authorized uniform called the abacost. The ideology survives today in such organizations as Nzanga Mobutu's Union...
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Statements" by Time magazine. Sari Mao suit Mujib Coat Gakuran Raj pattern Abacost Kariba suit Leisure suit Madiba shirt "Nehru Jacket, which we know today...
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Distinction in 1999 for outstanding contribution to the promotion of fashion. Abacost Leisure suit Nehru jacket Madiba shirt Blumenthal, Ralph (24 March 1976)...
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were banned, and men were forced to wear a Mao-style tunic known as an abacost (shorthand for à bas le costume, or "down with the suit"). Christmas was...
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Mobutu Sese Seko sporting a typical abacost in 1983...
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China, 1972 Socialism portal Communism portal China portal Fashion portal Abacost Barong tagalog Chinese clothing Nehru jacket Feldbluse French (tunic) Gakuran...
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1972 and the abandonment of Western dress in favour of the wearing of the abacost were subsequently promoted as expressions of authenticity. Mobutu used...
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Mobutu Sese Seko sporting a typical abacost in 1983...
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fashion 2010s in fashion A-2 jacket A-line (clothing) Abacá Abaca slippers Abacost Abaniko Abarka Abaya Abolla Aboyne dress Academic dress Academic scarf...
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Mobutu Sese Seko sporting a typical abacost in 1983...
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style of dress, kuba cloth Equatorial Guinea – Pano Gabon – Pagne, boubou, Abacost suit Republic of the Congo – Pagne, boubou São Tomé and Príncipe – Pano...
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Mobutu Sese Seko sporting a typical abacost in 1983....
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including South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mobutu's Zaire where it was known as an Abacost and paired with a leopardskin fez resembling an Astrakhan cap. By 1973...
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Mobutu Sese Seko sporting a typical abacost in 1983....
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Australia, South Africa, India, China, and Zaire, where it was known as an Abacost and worn with a leopard print hat resembling the Astrakhan cap. At the...
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Special Presidential Division Civil Guard Shaba I Shaba II Rumble in the Jungle Political exiles 1991 Zaire unrest First Congo War Abacost Category v t e...
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Western-style attire was banned and replaced with the Mao-style tunic labeled the "abacost" and its female equivalent. The policy began to wane in the late 1970s...
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Special Presidential Division Civil Guard Shaba I Shaba II Rumble in the Jungle Political exiles 1991 Zaire unrest First Congo War Abacost Category v t e...
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X Y Z 1960 independence 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake Aba, DR Congo Abacost ABAKO Abumonbazi Nature Reserve AC Sodigraf Administrative divisions of...
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