How would you describe the clothes the gangsters, whores, and poor people wore in the 1930's???

Answer 1

A zoot suit is a style of clothing popularized by African Americans, Filipino Americans, and Mexican Americans in the late 1930s and 1940s. A zoot suit or Zooty is also the term given to a style of rowing clothing in Australia (known as a uni suit in the United States.)
Zoot suits first gained popularity in Harlem jazz culture in the late 1930s where they were called "drapes". [1] The word "zoot", according to the Oxford English Dictionary, probably comes from a reduplication of the word 'suit'. It was probably first coined by Mexican American pachucos as part of their slang, "Caló". They were extremely popular with the African-American and Filipino-American youth, and also with young Latinos, most particularly among those Mexican American youths in Los Angeles who styled themselves as "pachucos". In March of 1942, the War Production Board banned zoot suit production - allegedly because it deemed the style wasteful of valuable suiting material during wartime, but the measure was taken in a climate of general anxiety and fear of Latino youths. The fashion persisted, despite restrictions placed on the amount of fabric in the production of garments.
To learn more check out this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suits

Answer 2

actually, it's not all that different from today. THink about it, gangsters needed to fit in but had money to spend then just as now. So of course they would be wearing something nice, a very good suit lets say. A whore through the centuries has always accentuated the more....sexual parts of her body. And the poor have always gotten the bottom of what is around. Check out a couple of videos; Guys and Dolls, Mobsters, Road to Perdition, and Chicago. They might give you more of an idea.

Answer 3

they were the best dressed people that this world has ever known rich or poor!!finely tailored clothing,weather proof fabrics and blends,the finest hats ever made and top coats that shielded all of the fine threads beneath!!when i see films of the bread lines,i see it as ironic that even the supposedly poorest are slendidly attired even beyond the levels one could even afford today!!the shoes were superlatively well made also!!nothing but style!!!all style!!and timeless,functional tailoring for any weather!!all accessorized tastefully!!the best "gats" ever produced also....the 45 automatic and the thompson 45 cal machinegun!!!buy it over the counter..no questions asked!!!those were the days!!and the cars!!!gimme that duesenburg and the wire rims!!or the boattailed auburn speedster of 1931!!!they didn't know how good they had it!!and the bordello's of alphonse capones were multi-storied stuccoed ceiling sconced,leaded glassed,palmeeto palmed gardens of delight...they were "classy" pallazos of decadence and roccoco flourish..spiral staircases,flocked vellet wallpaper and brass!!!

Answer 4

Back then men wore suits, rich or poor only differed in the quality of the suit.

Answer 5

don't know what you're after here.most of those clothes are still around,just different materials being used to make them.now the still made "wool"suit hasn't changed much.the biggest change has been in the style of womans wear.some of what they used to wear under their clothes are nowadays being worn outside as tops etc...it seems the under garmets as remained as a style.they were actually quite sexy unless you were really modest.fannels cottons were the main stay,only the rich did silk.

Answer 6

Check out the costumer's manifesto, she has a section on 30's clothing.

Answer 7

Go rent a copy of Guys and Dolls.