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2. Ken (doll) - Wikipedia

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   Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson Jr. is a fashion doll introduced by American toy company Mattel in 1961 as the counterpart of Barbie, who had been introduced two years earlier. Similar to Barbie, Ken is from Willows, Wisconsin , [ 1 ] and has a fashionable line of clothing and accessories (although he made his debut wearing only a swimsuit). [ 2 ]

3. Zoot suit - Wikipedia

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   A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit [1]) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It is most notable for its use as a cultural symbol among the Hepcat and Pachuco subcultures.

4. Earring Magic Ken - Wikipedia

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   Kitsch-minded gay men responded to this press by buying the doll in record numbers, making Earring Magic Ken the best-selling Ken model in Mattel's history. [10] The doll debuted in stores for around $11 (equivalent to $23.94 in 2024) and had completely sold out by the Christmas season, largely due to gay men buying the doll in droves. [ 21 ]

5. Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to ...

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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

6. The true story behind 'Barbie's' discontinued dolls, from ...

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   For a brief, shining moment in the early 1990s, though, one Ken doll emerged as an accidental superstar. "Earring Magic Ken," who debuted in 1993, ...

7. By exploring L.A.'s racial injustice, Luis Valdez's 'Zoot ...

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   'Zoot Suit' is by far the most influential play by a Chicano writer, and the only one to reach Broadway. It changed Los Angeles' historical memory and the American theater forever

8. File:Zoot Suit, Mexican "drape style".png - Wikipedia

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   English: "Although jazz enthusiasts favored the more outlandish Zoot Suit, this young man models the drape style that was popular among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles: double-breasted jacket cut to the length of the fingertips, in a conservative color and pattern, topped with a porkpie hat," caption from Obregon Pagan "Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon."

9. L.A. apologizes for city's role in Zoot Suit riots

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