zoot suit

     

Zoot suit (also spelle Zuit Suit) was a style of clothing popularized by Hispanics, African Americans, Filipino Americans and Italian Americans during the 1930s and 1940s.

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  • 1940's style with tight cuffed trousers. wide lapels & heavily padded shoulders
  • Hey, there, Daddy-O--it's the rhymin' name of the threads I'm stylin' here
  • In 1943 mobs attacked & beat Mexican-Americans sporting this elaborate suit style
  • This getup popular in the '40s that lent its name to a wartime L.A. riot
  • This 1940s fashion favorite featured baggy trousers & an oversized, padded sport jacket

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