Los Angeles Magazine

This May Be the Last Authentic Zoot Suit in America, and It’s Heading to LACMA

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 ...
Yahoo

Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to influence fashion

A suit lands in the United States on the back of an exiled king. It is copied, amended and upgraded, embraced by Hollywood actors in search of the fashionable. As it travels the country in the late ...
The Hollywood Reporter

How ‘Lizard in a Zoot Suit’ Turns L.A. History Into a Sci-Fi Adventure

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

At timely ‘Zoot Suit’ revival, the after-party chitchat turns to politics and President Trump

If opening-night guests at the Mark Taper Forum agreed on one thing, it was that the restaging of “Zoot Suit” couldn’t have been timelier. Based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder case and so-called “zoot ...
unr.edu

Tap dance, jazz, Mexican zapateado and Son Jarocho come together to tell the history of the female experience during the 1940’s Zoot Suit Riots

This December, the Performing Arts Series at the University of Nevada, Reno presents a refreshingly unexpected performance from San Francisco-based polyrhythmic dance and music ensemble, La Mezcla. On ...
PBS

Zoot Suit Riots

In June 1943, Los Angeles erupted into the worse race riots in the city to date. For ten straight nights, American sailors armed with make-shift weapons cruised Mexican American neighborhoods in ...