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
Acura A-Spec and Type-S models Acura A-Spec and Type-S models The A-Spec and Type-S marques represents the high-performance divisions of cars produced by Acura. Acura utilized the Type R marque for their high-performance division of cars from 1992 to 2001, when they produced the Acura NSX and Acura Integra. The first vehicle offered as a Type-S variant was the 2002 Acura TL, and the first vehicle offered as an A-Spec variant was the 2003 Acura TL. The Acura TL Type-S model was introduced in 2002. It featured a 3.2 L SOHC VTEC J-series V6 and added 35 hp (26 kW) over the base model for