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August 1942. Washington, D.C. "Saturday afternoon, Seventh Street and Florida Avenue N.W." Photo by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.
There are two places selling new zoot suits online.
https://elpachuco.com/product-category/zootsuits/
and https://www.zootsuitstore.com/Shopping/measure.asp
The former site says measure your waist two inches above the belly button.
Social and cultural tensions aside, here's a good illustration of why some criticized the "drape shape" as a waste of fabric in wartime.
At least the trousers.
He wears high-draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high-draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He's so fine and mellow
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