It is adopted by bandleaders and jazz musicians who add bold ties in colorful prints. The zoot suit, colloquially known in its era as “drapes,” was, by most accounts, made prominent by African ...

Depending on who is writing the history, the week of June 3, 1943 is referred to as either the beginning of Los Angeles’ Zoot Suit Riots or ... the hoodlums under cover,” read a June 5 ...

To some degree this is true of the zoot suit, but the style’s popularization also sets a precedent for something completely new. As Black and brown communities affirmed their place in society ...

The Who released their debut single, "Zoot Suit" backed with "I'm the Face ... But instead of having the group record a pair of the blues covers it was playing in clubs, he had the newly ...

Cesar Chavez and Luis Valdez with Zoot Suit at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, 1979 (photo courtesy of Kinan Valdez) Rey Cordova as Henry and Gianna DiGregorio Rivera as El Pachuco (photo by ...

The Mexican Zoot suit, or Pachuco, was brought into the 21st century last night. The Met Gala 2025's theme of Superfine: Tailoring Black History evoked a range of inspiration from attendees.

These youths, one stripped of his clothes and the others badly beaten, were victimized by police officers who scoured the streets of Los Angeles on June 7, 1943, ferreting out and beating zoot ...

(KABC) -- At El Pachuco Zoot Suits in Fullerton, the Estrella family has been keeping the zoot suit a la mode for the past 45 years. The 1940s suit, which features high-waisted, wide-legged ...

The Zoot Suit Riots remain one of the most racially charged episodes in American history, highlighting tensions between white servicemen and Mexican American youth in Los Angeles. While the riots are ...