La Quinceañera

In 24 hours, my family and I will be somewhere in Chicago preparing for my cousin's Quinceañera.

 Feliz quince Frances!

Dear Fashionistas,

No Worries. Parties like these tend to worry people about what to wear. This type of party is straightforward: 

Don't outshine the birthday girl and wear an outfit you can dance in. 

Boys, suit, tie, and dress pants. If you're close to the birthday girl, congratulations, they might have you wear something special or a certain color to have you stand for the dance when you have to dance with her. My dad and brother have to wear red ties. 

GET FANCY

Girls, dresses. My opinion, preferably short, it's gonna be a fun night. But long dresses are just as acceptable.  Above the knees, for short dresses, but not exceedingly so. And if you're a truly party family you're gonna be dancing all night long. If you're the die hard Latina, go with the high heels, you won't be the only one. High heels will probably be the majority choice of footwear. 

TO SUMMARIZE

Shoes

• high heels for girls, dress shoes for guys
• if you don't feel like wearing high heels, ladies, anything dressy is good...flats, sandals, pumps
• comfortable, from all my family parties I remember, Hispanic parties involve dancing all night long. And taking off your shoes isn't as normal as during a high school homecoming dance party.

Accessories

• nothing too flashy, you're not going to be the center of attention
• my cousin is super cool and is having her party be a masquerade, mask on!
• necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, hair clips
• match your dress

Dress

• long
• short
• comfortable

Tops

• dress shirt (with ties for the guys)

Bottoms

• dress pants
• skirts

Hair

• Show lots of hair, the Latina spice includes showing off the fiery look
• No elegant hairstyles except for the birthday girl, you wanna have fun with her, not outdo her

HINTS

*Presents is a must, like any birthday party

**This party celebrates a girl's transition to womanhood, the father's going to be emotional=be sure to show plenty of respect to him

***I text my cousin yesterday about what colors her dress is, that way, I could try to choose a dress completely different from hers and makes her feel unique and special with her lovely dress

PROMISE::: I will have pictures from the party to post up on the blog afterwards

My opinion...I was talking to my boyfriend about this and this Quinceañera along with Sweet Sixteens are a bit sexist. But as long as we're keeping with tradition, us girls can take a bit advantage of these awesome opportunities to dress up !

Ping 1 and pong 2

Started the day with yoga and breakfast, and I just finished playing ping pong with my dad. Now I'm off to finding my outfit of the day (ootd). As mentioned in my previous blog, I am so used to wearing PJs at home when I have no plans for the day. So, cheers to this new routine. Hopefully I'll continue with it. For the longest time, I had no idea what ootd meant. Now i do. Another new term I learned yesterday night...or early this morning:

busk  (bsk)

intr.v.busked, busk·ing, busks

To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.

 

(thefreedictionary.com/busker)

I'm keeping up with my London street music research and found a really cool site: www.londonbusker.com. It's really cool, I recommend watching the video on Bob the Cat.

Fashion Goal #3.

What do you wear when you have nothing planned for the day. No interview. No party. No church service. Well, I guess that's halfway true for me. My sister's boyfriend is having his birthday party and baptism today. Think, think...church outfit, but also birthday party outfit. I'm not into skirts. It's too hot for jeans. But it's cold inside the church. But i can manage one hour of freezing temperatures. No short shorts. No beach clothes. I can only think of one thing to do. Google....and there are many more scenarios like this that I had not expected. I literally typed 'birthday party church outfit' on the search bar. Therefore, dress sounds like a winner. Now think, conservative dress. We're going to church here, guys. Let me get dressed.

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With brown shorts and a blue, loose top. With...let me think...my long, high tops. I'll take a picture in a bit. The good thing about this day's events and sense of fashion...I will be able to take pictures of people with good fashion sense without being looked at weird. Pictures for the party, right?

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Welp, that's me. Not much. But hopefully I'll see some really cool outfits to take pictures of for this blog. Oh! Btw, the shirt I'm wearing on the left, it's my friend Devon Kondaki's storybook character, called Winzlow. Check it out: http://www.winzlownation.com/ And, comment on what you would wear to a church baptism birthday party. Blog to you later!