Zoot suit occasionally with a long feather as decoration, and pointy, French-style shoes. A young Malcolm X, who wore zoot suits in his youth, 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 watch chain dangling from the belt to the knee or below, then back to a side pocket. A woman accompanying a man wearing a zoot suit commonly would herself wear a flared skirt and a long coat. The amount of material and tailoring required made them luxury items, so much so that
European loose trousers European loose trousers The sirwal or shalwar forms part of traditional costume in some parts of Europe. The salvar is known as sharavary in parts of Europe which is worn with any upper garment. In Ukraine, the sharavary is voluminous. In Circassia, women wear the sharavary with a long shirt. In Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, the salvar is known as the dimije which has a local style. The kat-haljina suit is a combination of a European style blouse and dimije made from the same material. The salvar and similar trousers are also worn in Bulgaria. In parts of Greece