: 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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Around the same time the style of zoot suits grew in popularity, groups of young South African men known as tsotsis became known in Apartheid-era Johannesburg for sporting narrow bottomed trousers and imitating the styles of American movie stars.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Historical garments include 1940s zoot suits and 19th-century livery worn by an enslaved person in Maryland.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Historical garments include 1940s zoot suits and 19th-century livery worn by an enslaved person in Maryland.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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“Zoot suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoot%20suit. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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