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- A zoot suit is a style of suit noted for its ability to fit no fewer than three full grown men. Originally designed as a practical joke, the zoot suit gained popularity in pre-WWII ghetto communities as a statement of wealth. Wearers would proudly boast the square yards, which often measured in the thousands, of fabric as a measure of how much they could afford to purchase.
- The zoot suit was a refusal: a sub cultural gesture that refused to concede to the manners of subservience. By the late 1930s, the term "zoot" was in common circulation within urban jazz culture. Zoot meant something worn or performed in an extravagant style, and since many young blacks wore suits with outrageously padded shoulders and trousers that were fiercely tapered at the ankles, the term zoot-suit passed into everyday usage. In the sub-cultural world of Harlem's nightlife, the language of rhyming slang succinctly described the zoot-suit's unmistakable style: 'a killer-diller coat with a drape shape, real-pleats and shoulders padded like a lunatic's cell.
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| abstract | - Announcement - Item Update
- A zoot suit is a style of suit noted for its ability to fit no fewer than three full grown men. Originally designed as a practical joke, the zoot suit gained popularity in pre-WWII ghetto communities as a statement of wealth. Wearers would proudly boast the square yards, which often measured in the thousands, of fabric as a measure of how much they could afford to purchase.
- The zoot suit was a refusal: a sub cultural gesture that refused to concede to the manners of subservience. By the late 1930s, the term "zoot" was in common circulation within urban jazz culture. Zoot meant something worn or performed in an extravagant style, and since many young blacks wore suits with outrageously padded shoulders and trousers that were fiercely tapered at the ankles, the term zoot-suit passed into everyday usage. In the sub-cultural world of Harlem's nightlife, the language of rhyming slang succinctly described the zoot-suit's unmistakable style: 'a killer-diller coat with a drape shape, real-pleats and shoulders padded like a lunatic's cell.
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