Zoot suit - Wikipedia
A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit[1]) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It is most notable for its use as a cultural symbol among the Hepcat and Pachuco subcultures.
A Brief History of the Zoot Suit | Smithsonian
With its super-sized shoulder pads, sprawling lapels and peg leg pants, the zoot suit grew out of the “drape” suits popular in Harlem dance halls in the mid-1930s.
Zoot Suit Riots: Causes, Facts & Photos - HISTORY
2017年9月27日 — The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 were violent clashes in which U.S. servicemen, police officers and civilians brutalized Latinos and other minorities in Los Angeles.
Zoot suit: How the first truly American suit shaped fashion - Los ...
2023年6月13日 — The zoot suit, colloquially known in its era as “drapes,” was, by most accounts, made prominent by African Americans in Harlem and then quickly embraced by working-class youths across the country...
The Zoot Suit Riots and Wartime Los Angeles
The servicemembers’ indiscriminate attacks on Mexican Americans made the Zoot Suit Riots part of a larger pattern of racial unrest in Detroit; Harlem; Beaumont, Texas; and Mobile, Alabama, that revealed internal social and political strains in the United States during the war.
The zoot suit: an all-American fashion that changed history
2011年4月7日 — In the book, Peiss, the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, examines the fashion phenomenon that became so politically polarizing it played a part in sparking a vicious uprising in California, known as the Zoot Suit Riots.
A Cultural History of the Zoot Suit - ThoughtCo
2019年2月4日 — In 1979, a play called "Zoot Suit"—based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the Zoot Suit Riots—lasted for 41 performances on Broadway. What's more, the outlandish garb sported by inner-city pimps in countless exploitation movies is based on the Zoot Suit.
Zoot Suit Riots | Summary, Causes, Significance, & Facts | Britannica
Zoot Suit Riots, a series of conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths, the latter of whom wore outfits called zoot suits. The zoot suit consisted of a broad-shouldered drape jacket, balloon-leg trousers, and, sometimes, a flamboyant hat. Mexican and Mexican American youths who wore ...
How the Zoot Suit Riots changed America - National Geographic
2023年6月1日 — 80 years ago, young men of color were attacked for their “unpatriotic” fashion choices, leading to the Zoot Suit Riots. The repercussions can still be felt today.
How the Zoot Suit Got So Much Swag | American Experience | PBS
2022年3月2日 — The zoot suit style fell out of favor after WWII. But its exaggerated silhouette exemplifies how exclusive barriers to fashion are broken down through the creative ingenuity of the unsung.