The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age of Black culture. An iconic period of our history, the time between 1920 and 1937 ...

Within months of the convictions, Los Angeles erupted in the Zoot Suit Riot. For the better part of a week, servicemen from different armed forces dragged kids off streetcars, from restaurants ...

Padded shoulders originated in military and hunting attire. But they’ve come to communicate so much more, creating a silhouette embraced by both candidates.

The 2024 Tooth of Time Distinguished Career Award will be presented to Luis Valdez (Zoot Suit, La Bamba). Honoring ...

Derek Guy highlights the intersection of fashion and politics, illustrating how clothing has long been a medium for expressing identity and challenging norms.

The 2024 Día de los Muertos communal gathering was held by the Barrio Arts and Ethnic Studies department in the library quad ...

InStyle spoke to seven designers of Filipino descent who represent the future of fashion. Below, they fondly remember the ...

Fans typically buy a sports jersey because of who's wearing it. But in the Minor Leagues, what’s on a jersey can often mean ...

For a second time, Willy Chavarria's Chicano-inspired designs take the CFDA Fashion Awards Menswear Designer of the Year ...

Pachucos, young Mexican Americans with a penchant for flashy attire, embraced zoot suit fashion, jump blues, jazz and swing music and affirmed their self-empowerment by rejecting assimilation into ...

From bold-colored scarves to the zoot suit in Harlem to the mass popularity of bold acrylic nails, Black culture in fashion has always been present in American history. Many Black fashion ...

In the 1930s, Mexican American youth in the Southwest united to oppose racism, segregation and discrimination in the United States. Influenced by the style of Black Americans in Harlem, New York ...