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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.
English: "Although jazz enthusiasts favored the more outlandish Zoot Suit, this young man models the drape style that was popular among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles: double-breasted jacket cut to the length of the fingertips, in a conservative color and pattern, topped with a porkpie hat," caption from Obregon Pagan "Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon."
The sailors spotted a group of young zoot suiters and assaulted them with clubs. They stripped the boys of the zoot suits and burned the tattered clothes in a pile. They attacked and stripped everyone they came across who were wearing zoot suits. Media coverage of the incidents then started to spread, inducing more people to join in the mayhem ...
The zoot suit was the most salient identifying feature of "pachuquismo", a Mexican American youth subculture. This subculture emerged during a time of increased racism and the fight for Mexican American rights and equality within American society. Both men and women wore the fingertip coats, but for women it became more than just a style.
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Some pachucas wore the traditionally male zoot suit, albeit with modifications to fit the female form. Sometimes, she donned the standard heavy gold pocket chain. Another variation involved a sweater or coat - often a variant on the male zoot-suit finger-tip jacket - over knee-length skirts, plus fishnet stockings or bobby socks and platform ...
The Zoot Cat: February 26, 1944 Tom and Jerry try to impress Toots by wearing a zoot suit. Unusual for a Tom and Jerry cartoon, characters speak lengthy lines. 14 The Million Dollar Cat: May 6, 1944 Tom inherits a million dollars on one condition: He must avoid causing harm to any animal, which Jerry uses to his advantage.
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