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[[Image:sweatpants.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Three young men wearing traditional gray sweatpants]]
'''Sweatpants''' are a [[casual attire|casual]] variety of soft [[trousers]] intended for [[comfort]] or [[sportswear (activewear)|athletic]] purposes, although they are now worn in many different situations. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa they are known as '''tracksuit bottoms''' or '''trackies'''. In Australia and New Zealand, they are also commonly known as '''trackpants
==History==
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College students also contributed to sweatpants' rise in popularity in the United States. Since the 1910s, "sportswear" has been a staple in college campus style and in the 1970s and 80s designers began reimagining the "[[Jersey (fabric)|jersey]] knit fabric that had been used for gym garb" into clothes for students' everyday wear.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clemente |first1=Deirdre |title=Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style |date=2014 |publisher=UNC Press Books |isbn=978-1-4696-1408-3 }}{{pn|date=December 2022}}</ref> Despite their rise in popular culture, sweatpants were often criticized in mainstream media in the 1990s and early 2000s; in the American sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]'', the title character, Jerry, tells his friend "you're telling the world you've given up" when he appears in sweatpants.
Fashion shifted during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and the resulting increase in [[remote work]]. Sales of sweatpants have increased since 2019,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/apr/25/no-sweat-how-tracksuit-bottoms-became-the-height-of-lockdown-fashion | title=No sweat: how tracksuit bottoms became the height of lockdown fashion; Sales of sweatpants soar as fashionistas embrace the joys of an elasticated waistline in their working-from-home outfits | first=Priya | last=Elan | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=25 April 2020}}</ref> and many high-end
== Culture ==
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