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Sep 17th, 2003


1930's: The Zoot Suit
"A killer diller coat with a drape shape, real-pleats and shoulders padded like a lunatic's cell".

The zoot-suit was initially associated with jazz culture and later with petty crime and violence in the zoot-suit riots in the summer of 1943. Those riots were a result of differences in attitude between black and white people towards patriotism and the war; one of the first rationing of material was wool and only Uncle Sam-approved suits could be made. You could be beaten up, shot, or stabbed for wearing one of these suits as it meant that you didn't support the war.

Seems like a dangerous trend to me, however, it's kind of fun to say.

Zoot-suit!


Sep 17th, 2003


Killer diller.


Oct 8th, 2003


Fad-Tastic!


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