[PDF.57ix] Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style

Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style

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 | #1528383 in Books |  2014-03-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .69 x6.01 x9.09l,.91 | File type: PDF | 248 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Reet Pleats and Drape Shape|By Rob Hardy|Cab Calloway knew something about extreme styles. In his _The Hepster's Dictionary_ he listed "ZOOT (adj.): exaggerated." Just under it, necessarily, was "ZOOT SUIT (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit." He makes it sound patriotic, but some Americans looked at the zoot suit and were as hor| ||"An important and valuable book. The breadth of research upon which it is based and Peiss's determination to question conventional assumptions considerably enrich our understanding of the zoot."—Journal of American Studies

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ZOOT SUIT (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit.
—Cab Calloway, The Hepster's Dictionary, 1944

Before the fashion statements of hippies, punks, or hip-hop, there was the zoot suit, a striking urban look of the World War II era that captivated the imagination. Created by poor African American men and obscure tailors, the "drape shape" was embraced by Mexican American pachucos, working-class youth, enterta...

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