Zoot Suit - The Costume Party Suit

You receive the invitation of being invited to a costume party and you don't want to go dressed up looking like everyone else there, you need to consider wearing a Pachuco Zoot Suit for your costume. The zoot suit of course hearkens back to the 1940s in the Mexican American culture of the time representing freedom from conformity but these days it makes for a much more memorable nostalgic look back on the style of the day. The long swinging jacket that comprises a zoot suit has made it a great costume idea for men and even women who like the flashy looks of what a zoot suit represents. 

The zoot suit has become a great quintessential costume party suit because of its in-your-face flashiness of. Whether you choose to wear a bright color zoot suit or one of a more basic color, if you properly attire the entire costume ensemble with a pair of matching color shoes and a big bold brim zoot suit hat, you'll have a costume that you will be proud to wear and love the pictures that come forth afterward.

The zoot suit was not originally made for fun as previously stated but made as a counterculture item that young men of Mexican-American and African-American heritage would wear in a manner that isn't different from the way that young men who like to represent Hip-Hop music today like to dress. They are the antithesis of dressing in a conforming manner that goes against what they like to represent which is their stylistic freedom. Luckily, the zoot suit is still alive and well because men all across the country still like to embrace them by wearing them to costume parties that they get invited to.

You can find the zoot suit of your choice in many different styles and colors from 2 piece suits that come with the jacket and pants only to the 3 piece style zoot suit that comes with the addition of a vest to wear. You can them available in solid colors as well as bold gangster stripes that have a more in-your-face appeal. Whichever type of zoot suit you feel like wearing, one thing is pretty certain. You won't be a wallflower at the party wearing one.