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  2. Zoot suit - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. File:Zoot Suit, Mexican "drape style".png - Wikipedia

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    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."

  4. Pancho Claus - Wikipedia

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    Reyes, who wears an atypical outfit for the role consisting of a red zoot suit and fedora, has raised as much as $40,000 annually from corporate sponsors in support of his activities. [1] Reyes and his "army" [ 2 ] of volunteers hold a Christmas Eve party for some of the most disadvantaged children of the city, giving them each a free meal and ...

  5. Pachucas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. File:African American men in zoot suit.jpg - Wikipedia

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  7. Pachuco - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. 2024 has been a nerve-wracking year for plane travel. How ...

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    Anxious airline flyers may well remember 2024 as the year their worst fears about the safety of air travel felt confirmed, as a series of unprecedented, and in some cases fatal, airplane incidents ...

  9. Drape suit - Wikipedia

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    In the 1974 film The Great Gatsby, the drape suit of the 1920s and 1930s was revisited. [6] The suit was modernized with the use of synthetic fabrics and a more modern construction. [6] Recently, Michael Anton, author of The Suit, has advocated for the return of the drape suit. The American Zoot suit is an extreme exaggeration of excess fabric.