L.A.'s iconic lowriders featured on new USPS 'Lowrider Forever' stamps
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The stamps celebrate the lowrider car artistry and culture “that is rooted in the working-class Mexican American/Chicano communities throughout the American Southwest."
The United States Postal Service is rolling out something quintessentially cool and quintessentially Southern Californian this Friday: a new set of Forever stamps showcasing classic lowriders.
The “Lowrider Forever” stamps feature photos of five gorgeous lowrider models, each with its own proper name, of course:
The commemorative stamps celebrate the lowrider car artistry and culture “that is rooted in the working-class Mexican American/Chicano communities throughout the American Southwest," according to the USPS.
The stamps are “customized not just to hop, bounce, and glide over the road surface, but also richly adorned with dazzling paint jobs and luxurious interiors,” the USPS noted.
The stamps were designed by art director Antonio Alcala using existing photographs snapped by Humberto “Beto” Mendoza and Philip Gorden, while artist Danny Alvarado added the designs’ pinstriping.
