Reader hscnaina writes, "My future husband is going to wear pin-stripe zoot suit on our wedding day, which I'm all for. But what kind of dress should I wear to go along with the theme?" ...

For Tosti, the Zoot Suit Still Fits. By AGUSTIN GURZA . June 29, 2002 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... Les Brown and Jimmy Dorsey, who was best man at his first wedding in 1948.

The zoot suit was vilified by L.A. authorities during the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943. ... The Bezos-Sánchez wedding woes are in a class of their own: Human blockades, yacht parking.

The zoot suit offered a prime example of fashion’s democratization as the bold, new style gained mass appeal. Young, mainstream wearers all across the country embraced and enhanced their own suits.

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 ...

The Zoot Suit Riots erupted in June 1943, when groups of white sailors and soldiers clashed with young Mexican American men who wore flamboyant zoot suits—a style characterized by high-waisted, ...