Zoot suit

The zoot suit is a suit with padded shoulders and narrow tapered pants, which was worn in the 1930s and 1940s in the U.S., especially African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Italian- Americans and Filipino - Americans.

Components

The Zoot Suit usually consists of a high -seated, legs wide-cut and on the feet closely tapered pants (Spanish: Tramas ), a long coat with wide sleeves and padded shoulders ( Spanish carlango ). In addition usually has the Fedora, sometimes with a long white feather (Spanish: tapa or tanda ) and pointy shoes (Spanish: calcos ) worn. He was also worn as a classic three-piece suit with Mr. vest, dress shirt and tie.

History

This type of suit was first in the jazz culture in Harlem popular, where they were known as drapes at the end of the 1930s. In Los Angeles, the suit was then, especially the Pachucos taken over by young Mexican-Americans. The style spread subsequently throughout the United States. He was among other hallmarks of Al Capone. The Zoot Suit Riots in the U.S. got their name from the suit.

The style of the zoot suits were brought in the 1940s by black immigrants from the Caribbean to Britain. The English painter Edward Burra introduced in 1948 in a work (watercolor with ink ) zoot suits a group of young immigrants to the fashion dressed dar.

In the 1950s, went out of fashion, the suit is worn today only rarely.