: 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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Reaching Cagney levels of style, Parra stars as the titular Spanglish-speaking pachuco who loves zoot suits and his mother but gets in a little over his head after using the local mob to destroy a taxi driver’s life.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
The start of the Zoot Suit Riots – retaliation for people wearing zoot suits beating a sailor – featured dozens of armed sailors targeting people in downtown LA.
—The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
So, yes, the zoot suit and the pachuco style have roots in substantive racial histories.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Other big moments included being awarded the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2015 (as of this year, Uribe has joined the CFDA), attending the Met Gala in 2022 wearing one of Gypsy Sport’s many takes on the zoot suit and and being an apprentice for John Galliano.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
The start of the Zoot Suit Riots – retaliation for people wearing zoot suits beating a sailor – featured dozens of armed sailors targeting people in downtown LA.
—The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
So, yes, the zoot suit and the pachuco style have roots in substantive racial histories.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Other big moments included being awarded the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2015 (as of this year, Uribe has joined the CFDA), attending the Met Gala in 2022 wearing one of Gypsy Sport’s many takes on the zoot suit and and being an apprentice for John Galliano.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Zoot suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoot%20suit. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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