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 ...
The Vancouver Sun: This Day in History, 1942: Canada bans frilly men's clothes, but zoot suits still spark riots
This Day in History, 1942: Canada bans frilly men's clothes, but zoot suits still spark riots
For LACMA's new exhibition on men's fashion through the years, the curators really wanted to get hold of a real zoot suit from the World War II era. Zoot suits were such a strong fashion statement ...
Forbes: Men's Vintage Roars To Life: The Zoot Suit That Cost As Much As A BMW
Men's Vintage Roars To Life: The Zoot Suit That Cost As Much As A BMW
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 ...
Marco Finnegan talks about setting his new YA graphic novel during the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. By Graeme McMillan A new YA graphic novel takes a moment in real world history and turns it into the ...
During the first half of the 20th century, new fashion trends often permeated culture by starting at the top and trickling down to the masses over time. To some degree this is true of the zoot suit, ...
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 Photographs ...