Zoot Suit (disambiguation)
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A zoot suit
is a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 1940s.
Zoot suit may also refer to:
Zoot suit
A zoot suit is a suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing was popularized by African Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Italian Americans during the late 1930s and the 1940s...
is a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 1940s.
Zoot suit may also refer to:
- Zoot Suit (play)Zoot Suit (play)Zoot Suit is a play written by Luis Valdez, featuring incidental music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero, the "father of Chicano music." Zoot Suit is a fictionalized version of the real-life Sleepy Lagoon murder trial – when a group of Chicano youths were charged with a murder that they did...
, a 1979 Broadway play by Luis Valdez- Zoot Suit (film)Zoot Suit (film)Zoot Suit is a 1981 filmed version of the Broadway play Zoot Suit. Both the play and film were written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film stars Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos — both reprising their roles from the stage production — and Tyne Daly. Many members of the cast of the...
, a 1981 filmed version of the play
- Zoot Suit (film)
- "Zoot Suit" (song), a 1964 song by The Who
- Zoot suit (rowing)Zoot suit (rowing)A unisuit, also referred to as a one-piece, all-in-one or zootsuit is a body suit used by rowers. A unisuit comes in many different colours and reflects the development of rowing clothing from the earlier singlet and shorts in club colours and patterns to a cotton lycra 'one-piece'. A unisuit suit...
, a one-piece body suit for rowing
See also
- Zoot Suit RiotsZoot Suit RiotsThe Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that erupted in Los Angeles, California between white sailors and Marines stationed throughout thehi c mlc city and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits they favored...
- Zoot Suit Riot (album)Zoot Suit Riot (album)Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is a compilation album by American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released on March 18, 1997 on Space Age Bachelor Pad Records....
, by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies- "Zoot Suit Riot" (song)Zoot Suit Riot (song)"Zoot Suit Riot" is a song by American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. It was written and composed by Steve Perry as a bonus track for the band's all-swing compilation album of the same name, and thus follows a musical style similar to 1940s jump swing."Zoot Suit Riot" is often cited as...
, the album's title song
- "Zoot Suit Riot" (song)
- Zoot (disambiguation)