If the precise moment of inception is vague the point of victory of the lounge suit over its forerunners as the standard battledress of the office worker is clearer.

ECONOMIST: Men's clothing

By 1890 the American office worker wanted both the informality of the lounge suit, with its sporting heritage, and a snappy, modern and efficient look that its military antecedents gave it.

ECONOMIST: Men's clothing

According to Christopher Breward of the Victoria and Albert Museum the tailed morning coat finally gave up to the lounge suit with the rise of American business culture at the end of the 19th century.

ECONOMIST: Men's clothing

Inevitably, there are teen-friendly pop ditties, but also a more mature seam of songs to suit the cheesemeisters and lounge lizard lovers.

BBC: Will Young

The plan so far is to remake Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, and then roll the profits from that game into remaking the next, and so on as the first in a master plan of bringing the golden age of graphical adventure to modern audiences.

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