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{{Short description|Skin-tight full-body garment}}{{Other uses}}{{italic title}}{{missing|origins in Japanese culture|date=March 2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}(File:Four women in zentai.jpg|alt=zentai suit|thumb|Four women in zentai)A zentai suit ({{etymology|ja| zentai}}) is a skin-tight garment that covers the entire body.NEWS,weblink Private worlds, Crawford, Ashley, 2 August 2008, The Australian, 16 January 2011, The word is a portmanteau of zenshin taitsu ().WEB,weblink 全身タイツ definition, Weblio, 17 December 2012, Zentai is most commonly made using nylon/spandex blends.WEB,weblink Full-body suits give identity, freedom to Japan's 'zentai' festish fans, The Japan Times, 17 April 2014, 17 April 2014, 11 September 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160911062250weblink">weblink dead,

Use

The costumes are seen at major sporting events in North America and the United Kingdom. They created internationally recognized personalities of The Green Men, two fans of the Vancouver Canucks NHL team.WEB,weblink Force & Sully, Jory, Derek, 11 January 2010, 25 May 2010, Vancouver Canucks and the National Hockey League, Various professional street dance/hip hop dance groups use the outfits, such as The Body Poets in the United StatesVIDEO, Kristen Perez, editor, 10 October 2010, The Body Poets- Demo Reel 2010,weblink streaming video, 15 July 2011, 2:15, and Remix Monkeys in the United Kingdom.WEB, Remix Monkeys,weblink Facebook, 15 July 2011, United Kingdom, 2011, File:Remix Monkeys Dance Clan group pose.jpg|thumb|alt=People wearing vibrant zentai suits with matching T-shirts and caps posing in a white room|UK-based Remix Monkeys is a dance troupe that uses MorphsuitsMorphsuitsFull-body suits are used for video special effects: their unique colors enable the person wearing the chroma key suit to be digitally removed from a video image.NEWS, Second skin, secret life,weblink 15 July 2011, Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 2010, New Plymouth NZ, Other applications have included music videos (Black Eyed Peas' song "Boom Boom Pow", including the live performance at the Super Bowl), breast cancer awareness,WEB,weblinkweblink 2021-12-21, live, 1 in 8 Pink Ladies on WCNC, YouTube, 25 July 2011, {{cbignore}}WEB,weblink Pink Ladies Take to Charlotte Streets with Breast Cancer Detection Message, Prweb.com, 7 October 2009, 25 July 2011, fashion modeling on an episode of America's Next Top Model, social anxiety workshops, television (Charlie Kelly as Green Man),WEB,weblink Green people, The Fun Revolution, 25 July 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120425084758weblink">weblink 25 April 2012, a participant in public art project "One & Other",NEWS, Rawlinson, Kevin, The good, the bad and the naked of London's Plinth,weblinkweblink 7 May 2022, subscription, live, 28 September 2011, The Independent, 14 October 2009, London UK, From the man in the skin-tight yellow Morph suit to the existential humanitarian who did absolutely nothing, 2,400 people have now climbed the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square to take part in Antony Gormley's artwork., {{cbignore}} and social experiments.WEB,weblink Ani's Adventures, Aniadventure.livejournal.com, 2012-11-26, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120425083010weblink">weblink 25 April 2012, WEB,weblink NGM Blog Central - A Halloween Zebra Migrates to Washington, D.C. - National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com, Blogs.ngm.com, 2010-10-27, 2012-11-26, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121225200326weblink">weblink 25 December 2012,

Legal limitations

File:Morphsuit in downtown Toronto 02.jpg|thumb|alt=People in coloured zentai suits with text and logos|Two brand ambassadors for the Toronto Transit CommissionToronto Transit CommissionSince zentai cover one's face, a fine of up to €150 may be imposed upon those who wear them publicly in France. Furthermore, some sports leagues, such as Major League Baseball, ban the use of the costume hoods.NEWS, Rayner, Ben, Blue Jays see red over green men,weblink 19 July 2011, The Toronto Star, 20 May 2011, Toronto ON,

Brands

(File:Female mannequin recoloured with a zentai facing its own shadowy reflection and the lit ones of its companions against the dark night behind the shopping window DSC6241.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=red zentai wearing mannequins in a shop display|Red suits used to recolour mannequins to signal the winter sale)Companies have created brands of the suits including RootSuit or Superfan Suit in the United States, BodysocksWEB, Misstear, Rachael,weblink Teenager's colourful bodysock business booms just one year after he left school - Wales News - News, WalesOnline, 2012-04-20, 2012-08-15, or Second Skins by Smiffy'sNEWS, GB Olympic Rowing Team Get a Morale Boost from Smiffy's Fancy Dress Company Second Skin Union Jack Costumes,weblink 13 March 2013, PRWEB UK, 16 July 2012, and Morphsuits in the United Kingdom, and Jyhmiskin in Finland. Morphsuits has achieved relative commercial success internationally. Between January and late October 2010, the company shipped 10,000 to Canada alone.NEWS, Bascaramurty, Dakshana, Zentai suits – not just fetish wear any more,weblink 23 April 2011, The Globe and Mail, 28 October 2010, 4 March 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110304183708weblink">weblink dead, The Morphsuits brand has actively tried to disassociate themselves from the existing zentai community.NEWS, D'Alfonso, Daniel, Flagging some patriotic fashion,weblink 15 July 2011, Herald Sun, 23 January 2011, Melbourne City MC AU, Superfan Suits acknowledges in interviews that the outfits have existed previously.NEWS, Dluzen, Robin, SuperFanSuits.com: The Lucrative Business of Full Body Spandex,weblink 7 July 2012, TINC Magazine, 25 July 2011, Chicago IL, The term "morphsuit" has become a generic term in the process; one New Zealand-based newspaper refers to competing brand Jaskins as "one of the main online morphsuit brands." Jaskins company founder Josh Gaskin says their origins are unclear, pegging the first usage with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

See also

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• Bodystocking
• Black light theatre, which can use all-black zentai attire for its performances
• Catsuit
• Cosplay
• Dancewear
• Kigurumi
• Spandex fetishism
• Morphsuits

{{Div col end}}Notable users of Zentai

• Pink Guy, musical artist
• Jonathan Bree, musical artist
• The Great Morgani, performance artist
• Pandemonia, performance artist

References

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Further reading

• Will Doig, "Men Who Love Lycra", The Daily Beast, 3 March 2010.

External links

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