The celebration of a girl's 15 th birthday is among the most cherished, and costly, cultural traditions in Mexico. But as with many things in this country, it's changing quickly But as she raked her ...
Minerva Alvarez learned to cut fabric as a middle-schooler in her native Cuernavaca, Mexico. She began making simple dresses in class and soon elevated to creating elaborate quinceañera designs. “It’s ...
Walking along “Quinceañera street” in downtown Mexico City, I was intrigued by the displays of princess-like dresses twirling around behind glass windows, in stark contrast to the graffitied and ...
Hundreds of girls celebrating their fifteenth birthdays attended a mass ‘Quinceañera’ celebration in Mexico City yesterday. Every year, the mayor of the Mexican capital hosts a ‘coming of age’ ...
A 15-year-old girl looks out through a window as she gets ready to participate in the mass Quinceanera Party, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, April 28, 2012. The Quinceanera Party is a Mexican ...
Raul Juarez produced his first quinceañera expo in Houston in 2001 with a handful of vendors to help families shop for cakes, dresses and reception halls all in one place. Budgets were typically less ...
LA JOYA, Mexico – Looking overwhelmed by the attention, yet resplendent in an elaborate fuchsia dress and gleaming tiara, Rubi Ibarra celebrated her 15th birthday on Monday in a rural Mexican village ...