By Yemeli Ortega – MG.co.za – Photo AFP
Decked out in baggy suits, their watch chains swinging to the mambo as feathers bop atop their wide-brimmed hats, Mexico’s “pachucos” are keeping alive the tradition of the zoot suit – and the defiance it represents. Born in Mexican immigrant communities in the United States in the 1930s, pachuco culture started out as the gangsta style of its time—complete with criminal associations, baggy pants and bling.
