The origin story of the zoot suit is one of a few facts and a whole lot of lore. What we do know is that its vital precursor emerged in the 1930s: a style known as the “English drape” — a ...

Zoot suit pants legs were wide and tapered at the ankles. The noted photographer Gordon Parks captured this image in Daytona Beach, Florida. Gordon Parks / Library of Congress Prints and ...

“Zoot Suit,” the landmark 1978 play by Luis Valdez that put the struggles of Mexican Americans front and center, is back where it originated at the Mark Taper Forum in an exhilarating revival ...

The zoot suit was vilified by L.A. authorities during the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943. But its dandy-ish profile continues to influence fashion.

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.

Fox got the idea for the zoot suit in New York, but he didn`t put it into production until 1939, when he moved back to Chicago to take over the family business with his brother, Aaron.

It's the story of a real-life murder trial and the so-called Zoot Suit Riots, set amid rampant discrimination in 1940s Los Angeles. A play called "Zoot Suit" was a cultural phenomenon in the 1970s ...

But to find the origins of zoot suit fashion, you have to go back to Harlem in the 1930s. Zoot suits originated out of drape suits, which became popular in Black communities in 1930s New York.

The garments are historically associated with the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, when U.S. servicemen viciously attacked Zooters in East Los Angeles, beating them up and burning their clothing.

At El Pachuco Zoot Suits in Fullerton, the Estrella family has been keeping the Zoot suit a la mode for the past 45 years. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura County California.

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, ...