Zoot suit pants legs were wide and tapered at the ankles. The noted photographer Gordon Parks captured this image in Daytona Beach, Florida. Gordon Parks / Library of Congress Prints and ...

Published in 2002, Dressing the Man is a richly illustrated 300-page tome covering every aspect of classic men’s clothing ... from accordion pleats to zoot suits, Dressing the Man remains ...

Within months of the convictions, Los Angeles erupted in the Zoot Suit Riot. For the better part of a week, servicemen from different armed forces dragged kids off streetcars, from restaurants ...