Zoot suitists deprived of drape shapes, reet pleats and stuff cuffs by WPB edict have a new decorative theme with which to express themselves in San Francisco and Oakland. War-working jalopy jerks find love stripes, painted diagonally across the doors of their hot irons,† the quickest way to let hep twists know what kind of wolf is giving them a gander. One stripe indicates single male on the scout. Two stripesgoing steady but still stuff seeking. Three stripespractically engaged, looking for no pickups. Four stripesin the saddle, all soaped up, or married.
† Autos.
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