After 16 years in Chicago’s most populous Mexican neighborhood, Bombon Cake Gallery (3748 W. 26th St.) has the quinceañera cake down pat. Co-owner Laura Cid-Perea has crafted hundreds of towering ...

Growing up is hard to do. And for young Latinas, growing up means dealing with the added challenge of figuring out how their quinceañera — the celebration traditionally marking their 15th birthday and ...

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 ...

The entire production took over seven months to plan and execute TURNING fifteen is a big deal in Latin American culture, and one young woman is throwing a celebration fit for a princess. The birthday ...

Girls dressed in ball gowns glided past cakes nine tiers tall as the air throbbed with the sounds of mariachis, kumbia and “Taki Taki.” All of it — the dresses, the jewelry, the food and entertainment ...

In a corner of a dress shop, Daniela Robledo twirls, making the sequins and stones on her lilac dress sparkle. “Oh my gosh! You look beautiful,” an onlooking customer tells her. The 15-year-old smiles ...

Growing up is hard to do. And for young Latinas, growing up means dealing with the added challenge of figuring out how their quinceañera — the celebration traditionally marking their 15th birthday and ...