Jorge Tello carefully wraps a finished mariachi suit at his store in Boyle Heights. Tello has been a tailor for the mariachi of Los Angeles and beyond since 1984. ... or suede embroidery.

Tailor Jorge Tello helps a client customize a mariachi suit at his store in Los Angeles on Nov. 22, 2013. For 30 years Tello has tailored to musicians who are some of the most demanding in their ...

When you think of mariachi music, certain images come to mind. Men playing guitars, violins and trumpets, wearing sombreros and embroidered suits. What doesn’t leap to mind, however, is women ...

Performers wear charro suits, elegant outfits decorated with embroidery and silver or gold metal buttons. Mariachi Divinas perform at an outdoor birthday celebration on Friday in Escondido, Calif.

Mariachi groups are a big part of how Latino families in San Diego celebrate birthdays, ... Performers wear Charro suits, elegant outfits decorated with embroidery and silver or gold metal buttons.

Like day labourers working in construction, the mariachis of Boyle Heights, East LA, hang around on Mariachi Plaza to pick up work. You will see them most days in their dark suits, embroidered ...