Long ago, when the World was at war with each other—for the second time— in Los Angeles there was a group of young men called Pachucos who wore crisp, dapper suits with long coattails and palazzo style pants. They accessorized these suits with a sensual type of brimmed hat. The men who wore these suits were of Mexican descent or Chicano. Unfortunately, this style was associated with delinquency. The young Los Angeleno man wearing the attire could have been a star citizen, but because he was Chicano, he was ostracized and brutalized by the white establishment. This all came to a peak when white Angelenos and cops stripped any youth that wore zoot suits. Zoot suits were considered unpatriotic at the time because of their excess of fabric and extravagance. However, the men were not the only ones wearing zoot suits. The women wore zoot suits as well. These were pachucas. The women of the Zoot Suit Riots. The women who made the suits and in another breath fought oppression.