GRGR(12)NOTES (3)

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

It comes from Harold Fox's Obituary. He claimed to have
created and named the zoot? 

In my day, they were worn to costume parties, so what do I
know. 

TF

Paul Mackin wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Terrance F. Flaherty wrote:
> >
> > GR.251.1 Zoot
> > the zoot suit--a wide-shouldered jacket with
> > high-waisted pants, often offset by a long-chained
> > watch--favoured by fops of the 1940s
> 
> Where did the info come from that zoot suiters had watches on the ends of
> the chains. The long chain dangling down to the level of the radically
> pegged trousers was de rigour in a zoot suit but as I recall there would
> only be a set keys on the end. Of course  who knew what these menacing
> pachuchos (as they were called) had in their pockets in addition to
> the assumed switch blades. We anglo high school kids in wartime LA
> tried not to get too close to them although we admired their life
> style and affected modified zootdress ourselves, if not the jackets at
> least the pegged trousers and key chains. Actually pocket watches had
> almost passed out of existence by that time and surely weren't being
> manufactured and didn't come back into fashion until years later. The few
> you could steal would never have meet need.
> 
>                         P.