The style was partly in imitation of the wide, high-waisted “zoot suit” popular in the US among ... the Swingjugend, or Swing Kids. Like the Zazous, they loved swing jazz and had distinctive ...

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 ...