Bespoke suit was a fashion of clothing popularized by African Americans,
Hispanics and Italian Americans throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
A Zuit Suit has high-waisted, broad legged, tight cuff pegged trousers
and a long coat with wide collars and wide pad shoulders. Frequently
zoot suitors put on a felt bonnet with a long quill and pointed,
French-stylish shoes. A juvenile Malcolm X explain the zoot suit as: "a
killer-diller fur with a wrap shape, reet pleats and shoulder padded
similar to a lunatic's cell." Zoot suits typically feature a watch chain
dangling from the girdle to the lap or below, then rear to a side
pocket.
Zuit suits were for unique occasion - such as a ballet or
a birthday festivity. The quantity of fabric and couture required made
them opulence items. Most of the young people wear a fairer version of
the "extra-bagged" chinos or style their pelt in the signature "duck
tail".
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