zoot-suiter
Flashy forties hipster
A zoot-suiter is someone who wears a zoot suit—the flamboyant 1940s men's style featuring high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed trousers and a long coat with wide lapels and padded shoulders.
The style was associated with jazz culture and Mexican American, African American, and Filipino American youth.
Zoot-suiters became targets of violence during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles.
Hang in folds
- baggyLoose and drooping
- oversizedExceeding typical dimensions
- pleatsDoubled-over fabric folds
- pinstripeThin parallel lines on fabric
fedora · suspenders · two-tone · wingtips · double-breasted · gabardine · tailored · lapels
Dated slang for jazz enthusiast
- jitterbugEnergetic swing-era partner dance
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- HarlemManhattan neighborhood, cultural landmark
Chicano · Mexican-American · dancehalls · cabarets · youth · rebellion · counterculture · barrio
Period of armed conflict
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- servicemenMembers of armed forces
- 1943Year in WWII
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
curfew · headlines · profiling · solidarity · resistance · defiance · identity
drape
Hang in folds
pinstripe · fedora · suspenders · two-tone · wingtips · double-breasted · gabardine · tailored · lapels · pegged
hepcat
Dated slang for jazz enthusiast
- jitterbugEnergetic swing-era partner dance
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
Harlem · Chicano · Mexican-American · dancehalls · cabarets · youth · rebellion · counterculture · barrio · hipster
wartime
Period of armed conflict
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- servicemenMembers of armed forces
- 1943Year in WWII
discrimination · curfew · headlines · profiling · solidarity · resistance · defiance · identity
zoot-suiterconformist
One following accepted norms
square · minimalist · stuffed shirt · organization man · company man
zoot-suitersquare
Rhombus with right angles
conformist · straight · G.I. · serviceman · company man
zoot-suiterblue blood
Aristocratic descent
WASP · gentleman · aristocrat · country club member · patrician
zoot, suit, suits, suited, suiting, suitcase, unsuited, unsuitable