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 ...

Ecuador is not the exception,” said trumpet player Sergio Barroso, 45, dressed in a brown embroidered mariachi suit. Within Mexico mariachi music remains the national musical symbol.

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.