Maluma arrived dressed in a brocade, mightnight blue and emerald green zoot suit by Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarria, who accompanied the singer on the red carpet. (Chavarria also wore a ...

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. And while ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Eighty years ago this month, the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles led to brief unrest in San Diego. The so-called “riots” were a series of ethnically motivated attacks by military personnel and ...

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 ...

Eighty years ago -- June 3, 1943 -- the Zoot Suit Riots broke out. According to newspaper and historical accounts, a group of sailors confronted a group of Mexican Americans wearing zoot suits ...

80 years ago, young men of color were attacked for their “unpatriotic” fashion choices, leading to the Zoot Suit Riots. The repercussions can still be felt today. The zoot suit, with its ...