The theme is going to be pink diamonds,” Elizabeth Miranda was telling me, trying to make herself heard over the mariachis who were serenading a nearby table. We were sitting in the corner of a mostly ...

Carmen Velázquez sparkled in the strapless bell-shaped ballgown. Rhinestones covered the corset top of her gold-colored tulle dress, one she always dreamed of having for her quinceañera, a traditional ...