: a suit of extreme cut typically consisting of a thigh-length jacket with wide padded shoulders and peg pants with narrow cuffs
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Another local man remembers hosting a garage sale at his house, and finding that Kale, wearing a zoot suit and a fedora, had wandered into their laundry room and was digging through his family’s dirty clothes.
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
From her childhood sewing machine and early college sketches, to up-close looks at the Malcolm X zoot suits and Turkana-tribe inspired beadwork for Black Panther, the result was a comprehensive, full-circle story.
—Essence, 4 Mar. 2025
Chavarria tells the story of American fashion through a Chicano lens, creating now-distinctive oversize, sculptural silhouettes that pull from various eras of Mexican American style, from sharply angular zoot suits to blue-collar workwear.
—Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
To prepare, Scott grew a pencil mustache, rented a zoot suit, and studied classic screwball comedies.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
From her childhood sewing machine and early college sketches, to up-close looks at the Malcolm X zoot suits and Turkana-tribe inspired beadwork for Black Panther, the result was a comprehensive, full-circle story.
—Essence, 4 Mar. 2025
Chavarria tells the story of American fashion through a Chicano lens, creating now-distinctive oversize, sculptural silhouettes that pull from various eras of Mexican American style, from sharply angular zoot suits to blue-collar workwear.
—Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
To prepare, Scott grew a pencil mustache, rented a zoot suit, and studied classic screwball comedies.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Zoot suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoot%20suit. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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