

In addition to pinstripes and pocket squares, he wears a tooth-shaped lapel pin as a shoutout to his former career as a dentist. Zooters often wore fedora s or pork pie hat s color. Zoot suits were often pinstriped and made in bright colors like yellow, green, bright blue, and purple. It was usually worn with an exaggeratedly long watch chain. He was known for his distinctive style around the State House in Trenton. A zoot suit had high-waisted, wide-legged, but tight-cuffed trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. Van Drew has been a fixture of South Jersey politics for decades - a conservative Democrat who long served in the state Legislature before flipping a GOP-held congressional district in 2018. » READ MORE: Donald Trump becomes the first president in American history to be impeached twice Van Drew also had joined most House Republicans in voting to throw out election results in Pennsylvania based on false fraud claims. But he doesn’t believe Trump encouraged the violence, and said another impeachment will further divide a fractured country. Men's 4 Buttons Tonal Striped Three Piece Vested Gray Zoot Suit. Men's Black 4 Buttons Tonal Striped Three Piece Vested Zoot Suit. Men's Red And White Pinstripe Stripe Fashion Long Maxi Zoot Suit. Van Drew said it was a mistake for Trump not to denounce last week’s attack on the Capitol sooner and more forcefully. Men's 4 Button Khaki Striped Vested Long Zoot. My constituents get a kick out of it, and my colleagues in Congress get a kick out of it.” “So it’s kind of fun for me to wear suits that are a little bit different. “So much in politics, especially lately, is negative and sometimes sad,” said Van Drew, who represents New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. Wednesday, which saw Trump become the first president ever impeached twice, was no exception. In an interview Thursday, Van Drew said he began wearing colorful suits years ago as a way to start conversations and bring levity to the sometimes grim work of politics. “None of the lawsuits against Donald Trump are as bad as this suit,” the comedian Samantha Bee wrote. One tweet paired an image of Van Drew with a disapproving screenshot of Meryl Streep’s fashion-boss character from The Devil Wears Prada. The look drew savage commentary from Twitter pundits, with some calling it a “zoot suit” and comparing him to an old-timey gangster from a corny movie. Van Drew, who won reelection in November a year after defecting from the Democratic Party and pledging his “undying support” to Trump, donned a blue suit with white pinstripes, accessorized with a red tie and four-point white pocket square. But online, Van Drew’s attire might have gotten more attention than his arguments against impeachment. THIS IS A SALE ITEM AND THERE ARE ONLY 2 SIZES AVAILABLE: A size 34 chest will have a 28 waist and A size 38 chest will have a 32 waist. The South Jersey Republican congressman knew all eyes would be on him when he took the lectern Wednesday to speak against impeaching President Donald Trump for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol insurrection. Suit includes: Coat and Pants Only (Other Accessories are Sold Separately) Please select your Zoot Suit measurements from the boxes above.
