Los Angeles – The dance floor at “Barrio Boogie Sunday” is filled with sharply dressed women in flouncy skirts and brightly colored fitted blouses, being twirled in perfect swing rhythm by their ...

Phyllis Estrella turned to her husband Ray after seeing the play Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum one night in 1978 with a new passion for the fashion. A young Edward James Olmos, donning a red dress ...

Phyllis Estrella, remembers hearing the word "Pachuco" for the first time when she was just five years old. It was during the 1940's, and she recalls the word "Pachuco" being used with neither a ...

FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) -- At El Pachuco Zoot Suits in Fullerton, the Estrella family has been keeping the zoot suit a la mode for the past 45 years. The 1940s suit, which features high-waisted, wide ...

Kitted out in zoot suits, snappy shoes and hats, the so-called pachucos add a dash of style to the Mexican capital. The pachuco scene is thought to date back to the 1930s and 40s in Los Angeles, where ...