for men, certainly in the 40s, it was considered not a manly thing to be even thinking about wardrobe. you just wore clothes. but there was a style that started for men, and it was a very different, very colorful style. a very extravagant way of dressing that was embraced by minorities. i want a zoot suit with the greatest shape and cuff to look sharp enough to see my sunday gal zoot suits were primarily worn by african-american and latino-american men. people who were sort of on the outside edge.