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is a style of clothing popularized by African Americans, Filipino Americans, and Mexican Americans in the late 1930s and 1940s. A zoot suit or Zooty is also the term given to a style of rowing clothing in Australia (known as a uni suit in the United States.)

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* 2 History

* 3 In popular culture

* 4 See also

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A zoot suit has high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed pegged trousers (called tramas) and a long coat (called the carlango) with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. Often zoot suiters wear a felt hat with a long feather (called a tapa or tanda) and pointy, French-style shoes (called calcos). A young Malcolm X described the zoot suit as: "a killer-diller coat with a drape shape, reet pleats and shoulders padded like a lunatic's cell." Zoot suits usually featured a key chain dangling from the belt to the knee or below, then back to a side pocket.

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• Zoot Suits

Comment #1 contemposuits.com from connecticut -

Yeah the wiki description is correct. Modern zoot suits that we sell don't have the high waisted trousers and padded shoulder. They have a more tailored fit and look cleaner.

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