The cake, usually great in size and color, is topped by a figure of the person whom is being celebrated. With many tiers, they cut and eat the first piece of cake. Both a quinceanera and a wedding dress are traditionally to be found as a white ball gown. The difference is that a wedding dress has a trail while the Quinceanera dress does not. “The dress of the Quinceanera makes her appear to float as if an angel upon a cloud.” (bellaonline) The actual ceremony of a Quinceanera consists of the giving of gifts bought by her family, such as a tiara, a ring, a bracelet, earrings, a bible, and a rosary.
I’m still here, caring and looking after her every step of the way. I know this is one of the biggest days of her life, one she has been looking forward to ever since she was young, and one that she will remember for the rest of her life. I can still remember one of our conversations like it was just yesterday, one about her dream wedding. It would be sweet and quiet, nothing too fancy, with white roses and lilies everywhere. She always talked endlessly about what her dress would be like and how she wanted a veil that floated freely down her face that could be pushed back over her head like in the movies.
Media and Lifestyle The art on the silver screens transcended onto the clothing that woman wore to personify a certain independence. Woman felt stylish and sophisticated even under the unstable economic climate. Technicolor, colored film, was also breaking through, allowing audiences to see the colors that are in style for the season. The color champagne became a red carpet classic for Hollywood favorites such as Jean Harlow and Loretta Young (figs 1-2). Children’s fashion was influenced by what Shirley Temple would wear in her films (Chancey, fig 9).
Colbie is amazing singer with a great personality. The concert was pack with just about every seat filled. The reaction of the audience was an amazing, we all were singing and dancing to her songs. The audience stood up and swayed their arms to the sound of “Chariot,” and went crazy for Gavin DeGraw’s latest single; the No. 1 hit “Not Over You,” especially when Colbie Caillat came back out to the stage to do the duet with Gavin Degraw.
These selections were all romantic styles of music. The first performance was Six Epigraphes Antiques a piano duo. The pianist performances were one of great form and different scales. When the music started I immediately started thinking of a man and woman having a conversation. This conversation was represented in music, told a story of falling in love, being hurt, and one of making up.
“Yeah Boy and Doll Face” As they played this very beautiful and romantic song, they pulled up a girl from the crowd and Vic sang it to her. This song is the epitome of Pierce the Veil, this very catchy and
Cinderella walks down the stairs at this extravagant party looking as beautiful as ever in her tiara and baby blue gown. The eyes of Prince Charming are immediately drawn to
The strategies used in this ad can be connected to same ideas Stuart Hirschberg talks about in his essay “The Rhetoric of Advertising”. The different kinds of women viewing this ad want to be a part of what is going on in the ad; the celebration full of unmarried, happy, beautiful women waiting to catch their future. This ad is presented with a crowd of young women lunging towards a falling bouquet of flowers. There are fourteen women in the image. Each one of them is dressed up for the wedding that they are a celebrating.
Handrails united together in perfect circumference acting as a crown. Elegantly embroidered trimmings that mount the walls and ceiling illustrate the delicacy and tenderness of a woman. The sky light of the Rotunda creates a halo from heaven to earth, sending chills down your spinal column as if even Jefferson’s creation would replicate a direct connection with the Lord
* Something that is almost beyond that of a common human. * Quote on pg 151- top of 1st new pargraph “world was redolent of orchids and pleasant” * Young Daisy has “artificial life” filled with the fragrence of orchids, snobs, and orchestras whose tunes portrayed the sadness of her life. * The fragrence of the orchids is pretty and soothing. * Daisy got lost in the life she was leading and was not able to wait for her true love Gatsby to return. * “dying orchids on the floor beside her bed” pg 151 quote * Daisy was in a fog and she did not know what to do without Gatsby.