- 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...
-
Distinction in 1999 for
outstanding contribution to the
promotion of fashion.
Abacost Leisure suit
Nehru jacket Madiba shirt Blumenthal,
Ralph (24
March 1976)...
-
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...
- 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...
- China, 1972
Socialism portal Communism portal China portal Fashion portal Abacost Barong tagalog Chinese clothing Nehru jacket Feldbluse French (tunic) Gakuran...
- 1972 and the
abandonment of
Western dress in
favour of the
wearing of the
abacost were
subsequently promoted as
expressions of authenticity.
Mobutu used...
-
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 1974...
-
style of dress, kuba
cloth Equatorial Guinea – Pano
Gabon – Pagne, boubou,
Abacost suit
Republic of the
Congo – Pagne,
boubou São Tomé and Príncipe – Pano...
