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Ruth E. Carter received an Oscar nomination for her costume designs for "Malcolm X".

"I think, in many ways, menswear is eclipsing womenswear. The creative juices are really going and any small changes are seismic," says Sharon S. Takeda, senior curator and head of the costume and textiles department at LACMA.

1940s L.A. Gang Member - the first black gangs were formed in reaction to southern-California “anti-minority gangs” -- largely comprised by war veterans -- such as the “Hell’s Angels” and the Los Angeles-based “Spook Hunters” who began carrying out violent attacks against predominantly-black-and-Hispanic communities.

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The zoot suit was vilified by L.A. authorities during the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943. But its dandy-ish profile continues to influence fashion

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LACMA I Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015 Source: http://www.lacma.org/ReigningMen#about-the-exhibition M.2011.94a-b

For fall ’18, several designers, including Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and Isabel Marant, went with ’80s power dressing trends in a big way.