Quinceñera Dress Symbolism

My race is American Indian and my ethnicity is Hispanic, and both of my parents are from Michoacan, Mexico, while I was born in the United States. There are many symbols that can represent my race and ethnicity, but the one that represents it the most is my quinceñera dress. A quinceñera dress is not just any regular dress, it is a representation of a young girl turning into a young woman in my culture.
Every young woman’s dress is made to fit their style, which means every quince dress is different unless they order it from a catalog, and don’t get it customized to suit their style. I got my dress custom made just for me in Tulare, California which is around three hours away from where I live, Salinas, California. Quince dresses can range from around one hundred dollars to around one thousand dollars, and I got mine for one thousand two hundred fifty dollars. My dress was a light, turquoise blue that changed into a light, purple in the light. It had a heart shaped top with spaghetti straps. It had a corset and when it reached my waist, the dress expanded out and the crinoline under the dress really gave it that extra poof it needed. I also ordered the dress with extra sequins on the top to make it, even more, …show more content…
My dress described my favorite colors, designs, fabrics, etc. The dress basically represented who I was. For me, the sequins illustrated me when I was younger and anything shiny caught my attention. The colors illustrated my phase of loving the color purple then changing to blue as I got older. The dress portrayed me growing up, it was and always will be a reminder to my future self of my past self. The heart shaped, corset top revealed that I was getting older and the poofy bottom symbolized my younger self when I loved everything enormous and fluffy. My dress was basically showing who I was and I know most people might just see a dress, but for me, it was much more than just a