I saw a whole group of young Hispanic guys wearing those to a christening at the church down the street from us. Since the Zoot Suit has a cultural history in LA [link] I thought they looked kinda retro and cool.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Scrappy - Feb 01, 2005 11:17:04 am PST #2905 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
amych - Feb 01, 2005 11:17:14 am PST #2906 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
you N. Americans need to reassure me you can decapitate your date if he shows up dressed like this outfit linked to in fug comments.
It's required.
tommyrot - Feb 01, 2005 11:17:45 am PST #2907 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Zootux will cause a fashion riot wherever it is worn.
What is a fashion riot? Is it dangerous? Are rotton tomatoes involved?
Tom Scola - Feb 01, 2005 11:18:16 am PST #2908 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Zoot suits are becoming more and more popular as promware. That zoot suit is pretty bad. I don't mind the trend in general though.
[edit: Especially if you're latino]
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 11:19:34 am PST #2909 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll have to take the site's word for that being a Zoot suit, and not just a Zootish mistake. Why take a picture of an actual Zoot suit and not show the shoulder to waist ratio?
Even so, that hat? NASTY. TACKY, NASTY. I don't care if it's Kid Creole, him and his Coconuts have to go back home. There are a million better Zoot suits out there than that one, and even so? Dodgy prom wear.
sarameg - Feb 01, 2005 11:22:20 am PST #2910 of 10002
need to reassure me you can decapitate your date if he shows up dressed like this outfit linked to in fug comments.I don't find it that off. Someone with a flair from drama wearing one (or a major crazy smartass aiming to get looks like my brother), I wouldn't have even blinked. Nervous fidgity uncomfortable in suits types (oh like 3/4 the guys strangling in their bow ties at the prom I attended,) nsm.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 01, 2005 11:23:40 am PST #2911 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sleek and exciting, this unique outfit will make all the women swoon.
Is it still a swoon if the collapse is brought on by lack of oxygen due to all the laughing?
Nutty - Feb 01, 2005 11:24:39 am PST #2912 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I do enjoy the idea of boys discover the very idea of covering their butts with trousers material. Double, if they're already wearing the enormous pants, and just hoik them up to a nice high waist.
I enjoy finding the dorky in the stylish.
There's a manager here who will only hire people he knows are stupider than he is.
OMG! Tom has my old boss! Does he accuse you of being a pessimist when you tell him about a problem?
Scrappy - Feb 01, 2005 11:25:04 am PST #2913 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 11:26:16 am PST #2914 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We can't decapitate major crazy smartasses? My god, political correctness is totally ruining my fun.
I passed a woman here wearing a sweater in horizontal white-pink-red stripes, worn with black trousers with blue pinstripes and light brown shoes. No, I do not possess the imagination to make that a professional-looking outfit. On the flip side, the woman who always wears golds and browns was in greens yesterday. But such precisely co-ordinated greens. She scares me with her ability. And then I have a new coworker who wears more black than me, and more silver (she wears a brightly coloured piece of clothing once a week, but just the one).