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- 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...
- 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...
- forbidding western suits and creating a state-authorized uniform called the abacost. The ideology survives today in such organizations as Nzanga Mobutu's Union...
- 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...
- Distinction in 1999 for outstanding contribution to the promotion of fashion. Abacost Leisure suit Nehru jacket Madiba shirt Blumenthal, Ralph (24 March 1976)...
- 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...
- 1972 and the abandonment of Western dress in favour of the wearing of the abacost were subsequently promoted as expressions of authenticity. Mobutu used...
- Mobutu Sese Seko sporting a typical abacost in 1983...