zoot suit
Example Sentences
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Decked out in a resplendent orange-and-blue-striped zoot suit symbolizing the colors of his beloved New York Knicks, Spike Lee hit the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet in May in full boogie mode.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
Still, even Felicity was out-glammed by that night’s center of attention, Lee, who held court in Knicks-themed couture, a blue-and-orange-striped zoot suit with matching fedora and spectacles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
Elsewhere, we check in on how a freshly liberated Mitch McConnell is putting on his zoot suit and spats and living it up a little.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2024
The zoot suit was likely more an evolution than a wholesale invention.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023
The drape and the cut of a zoot suit showed to the best advantage if you were tall— and I was over six feet.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
