For five years, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been working on an exhibition about the history of men’s fashion from the 18th century to the present. And for more than five years, its ...
You would think that the Zoot Suit is so embedded in the history and culture of Los Angeles that an authentic one would still exist, right? It took LACMA a decade to find such a garment, and they ...
A suit lands in the United States on the back of an exiled king. It is copied, amended and upgraded, embraced by Hollywood actors in search of the fashionable. As it travels the country in the late ...
Alberto Nardoni Leads the Charge as Retro Pachuco Fashion Returns to the Spotlight in Fall 2025. The zoot suit is officially back in style, and Gen Z is leading its bold return. Fueled by TikTok ...
Back in May, the Los Angeles City Council denounced the 1943 'Zoot Suit Riots,' and Friday, the council is to officially apologize for the treatment of Mexican Americans during the racial turmoil 80 ...
If opening-night guests at the Mark Taper Forum agreed on one thing, it was that the restaging of “Zoot Suit” couldn’t have been timelier. Based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder case and so-called “zoot ...
The 80th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots was commemorated on Saturday, June 3, with a caravan of vintage cars that started in Boyle Heights and snaked across the new 6th Street Bridge from Boyle ...
The ’33 Chevrolet Eagle has brown fenders and a beige body. And it shines like the smile of a Hollywood star when the street lights hit it. The plan was for Manny Alcaraz to fire up that old engine ...