This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots, the five-day period in June 1943 when servicemen stalked the streets of Los Angeles attacking Mexican American zoot suiters.

Zoot Suit Riots | Image Gallery How the Zoot Suit Got So Much Swag The evolution of a flamboyant style that became a symbol for marginalized communities.

“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 ...

No longer was the zoot suit evocative of the expressive power of fashion for the disenfranchised so much as it was a historical oddity known by a charming name.

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots, the five-day period in June 1943 when servicemen stalked the streets of Los Angeles attacking Mexican American zoot suiters.

‘Zoot Suit’: Theater Review Director Luis Valdez leads Demian Bichir and stars from the original in this dazzling revival of 'Zoot Suit' at the Mark Taper Forum, where it premiered in 1978 ...

The zoot suit was one of Fox Brothers` first designs, and almost instantly the clothing house found itself among the avant-garde of American fashion. Fox came up with endless variations to the ...

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 ...

The impact of Zoot Suit Riots on civil rights and cultural identity.

One young man wore a suit of muted pastels, his ears studded with diamonds, but it was 16-year-old Ian Hannah, dressed in a pinstripe zoot suit, who defined prom night panache.

When Zoot Suit premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1978, it was more than just an instant success. As former Los Angeles Times theater critic Sylvie Drake recently observed, “it ...

At El Pachuco Zoot Suits in Fullerton, the Estrella family has been keeping the Zoot suit a la mode for the past 45 years.