Zoot suit the U.S. War Production Board said that they wasted materials that should be devoted to the World War II war effort. When "Life" published photographs of zoot suiters in 1942, the magazine joked that they were "solid arguments for lowering the Army draft age to include 18-year-olds". This extravagance, which many considered unpatriotic in wartime, was a factor in the Zoot Suit Riots. To some, wearing the oversized suit was a declaration of freedom and self-determination, even rebelliousness. 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
The Wrong Trousers – Animafest Zagreb in 1994. "The Wrong Trousers" won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In September 2018, "The Wrong Trousers" inspired the development of the exoskeleton suit for disabled people. The Wrong Trousers The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit. It is the second film featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his dog Gromit, following "A Grand Day Out" (1989)"." In the film, a sinister penguin uses Wallace and Gromit's robotic "Techno Trousers" to steal a