Fifteen and Fabulous!
No one does debutante style quite like Quince Girls.
An elaborate evening dress. A pair of high-heeled sandals. A touch of lipstick. A hairdo fit for a movie star. When a girl marks her quinceañera, she not only celebrates becoming an adult, she gets to dress like one too, perhaps for the first time. Though her everyday look may be jeans and flip flops or a soccer uniform, a Quince Girl is transformed into a glamorous young woman for this red-letter day.
| Fashion fit for a princess An elaborate evening dress. A pair of high-heeled sandals. A touch of lipstick. A hairdo fit for a movie star. When a girl marks her quinceañera, she not only celebrates becoming an adult, she gets to dress like one too, perhaps for the first time. Though her everyday look may be jeans and flip flops or a soccer uniform, a Quince Girl is transformed into a glamorous young woman for this red-letter day. Think a fancy ball gown, sparkling tiara, upswept hair and glowing makeup. “It’s one of the biggest events in a girl’s life, sometimes even bigger than a wedding,” says Lisa Chang, vice president at Mary’s/P.C. Mary’s, Inc, a Houston, Texas, dress company that caters to many quinceañeras. “These girls want to look majestically beautiful, like princesses.” Traditional styles and modern wiles Both tradition and trends affect what the quinceañera and her corte de honor (court of honor) choose to wear for the occasion. Girls sometimes still don a customary white dress, which is thought to signify purity, much like a wedding gown. And the full skirts popular with quinceañeras today seem to echo the lavish styles worn when Carlota, the Austrian empress of Mexico from 1864 to 1867, promoted fancy-dress balls and dancing to European-style orchestras. But 21st-century styles also influence the look of Latina debuts. Chambelanes sport collarless tuxedos that seem ripped from the Hollywood red carpet. Quince Girls put their damas in the hippest colors and styles. “I think the fun part of the quinceañera is the chance to dress up,” says Sylvia Solheim of Quinceanera-Boutique.com. “The girls and their families are looking for things that’ll add to the day, that’ll help the girls feel beautiful.” Jennifer Barger is a Washington, D.C.-based fashion and travel writer. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, National Geographic Traveler, Playbill and Country Home. She is a senior editor at Where Washington Magazine. |
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written by east, November 17, 2009
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written by jacquline olivas, October 22, 2009
hy im 14 im kinnda geting ready and planning my fifteen so that i could have a good party and that everyone can like my party im planning on having a big dress all puffy and nice ....im scared that my people arnt going to like my dress cus of the way it looks im very shy and dont like to stand infront of allot of people 
im going to think of wat color im kinof thinking of dark purple with stars on the front i think that new style is so georges its nice and unique very fancy well ima look at yalls websit to see yalls dresses cus i think they are amazing 
im going to think of wat color im kinof thinking of dark purple with stars on the front i think that new style is so georges its nice and unique very fancy well ima look at yalls websit to see yalls dresses cus i think they are amazing written by Odyssey, September 23, 2009
Lisa Chang is my idol! I've been trying to design like her on the Fashion Fantasy Game:
http://www.fashionfantasygame.com/
I'm not sure how well I'm doing, but at least I looked hot on my prom. I'm off to college now, but like I said, my HS experience was spectacular. I'm majoring in fashion now, so hopefully I'll be as rad as Chang in the future.
http://www.fashionfantasygame.com/
I'm not sure how well I'm doing, but at least I looked hot on my prom. I'm off to college now, but like I said, my HS experience was spectacular. I'm majoring in fashion now, so hopefully I'll be as rad as Chang in the future.
written by http://www.flowergirldressforless.com, September 03, 2009
With fashion girls go for traditional look , the perfect combination of matching wear is must with fancy dresses .
written by Vanessa, August 09, 2009
hi! i need help pickn colors for my quince i want like 7 ppl to wear one n 7 other.
got any ideas on cute combos?
got any ideas on cute combos?
written by desirre, August 06, 2009
hi.im.13.getting.plans.4.my.15.i.need.alote.of.websits.of.15.plan.with.dresses.please.help 
written by Sarah2222, July 13, 2009
I wish I could have afforded that dress for my prom! Darn, that looks so good. It's almost as good as this:
http://www.fashionfantasygame.com/user/64535u8
Or this:
www.dailycandy.com
Doesn't the color match her skin tone so well? I need to get a summer job so that when the time comes for my college prom, I'll be able to afford it.
http://www.fashionfantasygame.com/user/64535u8
Or this:
www.dailycandy.com
Doesn't the color match her skin tone so well? I need to get a summer job so that when the time comes for my college prom, I'll be able to afford it.
written by WAZZY 15, June 09, 2009
I WANT 2 HAVE MY 15 BUT I CANT FIND A DRESS SO IF U KNOW ANY COOL WEBSITE THEN PLZ TILL ME O AND THE 15 IS RED N WHITE SO YES
written by JESSICA FONSECA, April 08, 2009
I CAN WHAT TO MY IXV HOW EVERY HAD THERE QUINCE LUCK FOR YALL AND IAM ALMOST GETTING MY AND MY QUINCE IS GOING TO BE LIKE CINDERLLA THE DRESS AND THE CAR WHEN I GET AT MY PARTY CAN WAT FOR MY QUINCE!!!!!!!!!! : ![]()
written by doll507, March 15, 2009
any great sites 4 dresses tell me pleaz need 2 find mines next month so comment me back 
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!!!! written by bb102, March 15, 2009
does any great sites for dresses
written by Vanessa lisbeth, January 25, 2009
hey i need help to find the perfect dress for my quinces but it is really dificult
written by Tania sanchez(:, January 07, 2009
omg..i'm reallyy excitedd about my quincenera(:
but it's soo hardd lokking for 'the perfect dress' ahhh.
but it's soo hardd lokking for 'the perfect dress' ahhh.
written by china`1223333, December 12, 2008
hey guy wat happening
written by OdessaJanet, September 18, 2008
Hey you guys.
written by karen sanchez, June 11, 2008
n is true....... t/c/ written by latina809, April 12, 2008
cool!..that is true is the chance for me 2 transformed from a lil girl..to glamurous adult. 
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