In America, the custom is for girls to have a sweet 16 party. It is frequently a huge gala with an abundance of live music, dancing, and naturally, birthday gifts as well. In Hispanic culture, the custom is for girls, at fifteen years of age, to have this large festive celebration, which they call a Quinceañera. When a girl reaches 15 years of age, her title becomes Quinceañera and that is also what the actual sweet 15 party is called. The sweet 15 dress is one of the most important things of the night, just like the sweet 16 dress in the American celebration.

Sweet 15 dresses were traditionally either white or pink in color. Today’s Quinceañera can pick the maker and the color of her dress. Keeping this is mind, the dress makers of the sweet 15 dresses design them in every color of the rainbow, which gives the birthday girl more choices and makes even more memories of the night.

The style of the sweet 15 dress is to be very form fitting above the waist, and below the waist, it is very flowing and flared out. Even though, in the social world, the young lady is not called a señorita until she reaches the age of 21, the dress design shows the fact that she is no longer a niña (girl), but is now a señorita (miss). The sweet 15 dress should call attention to the fact that the girl is leaving childhood and entering womanhood, as this is the purpose of the Quinceañera party. It has enough appeal to highlight the birthday girl’s womanhood, while still having elegance and sufficient modesty not to cause offense to any members of the older generation.

The sweet 15 dress needs to be beautiful and flowing like a ball gown and have attractive Spanish designs, but also needs to be practical enough so that she can dance in it. At the party the Quinceañera will share a dance with her father, her godfather, and also her Chambelan, which is her escort and date. And in today’s world, it is highly likely that there will be fast dancing with the friends of the girl. Because of this the dress for the sweet 15 party needs to be very versatile and should catch the eye of everyone, thereby making the girl look and feel like a princess, but not be so tight that she is unable to dance.