Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style by Kathy Peiss

Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style

Kathy Peiss

238 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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ZOOT SUIT (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit.--Cab Calloway, The Hepster's Dictionary, 1944Before the fashion statements of hippies, punks, or hip-hop, there was the zoot suit, a striking urban look of...

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