Zoot suit Zoot suit A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, ged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing became especially popular among the Latino, African American, Italian American, and Filipino American communities during the 1940s. Some observers claim that the "Edwardian-look" suits with velvet lapels worn by Teddy Boys in Britain are a derivative of the zoot suit. Zoot suits were first associated with African Americans in urban communities such as Harlem, Chicago, and Detroit, but were made popular by jazz musicians in the
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