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Jasmine's Quinceañera

By Marlene Vafai

A lilac ballgown at The Carrus House, a courtyard strung with lights, and a neon wall to finish the night.

Location
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA
Date
2022
Coverage
Full day

The dress

Jasmine in a lilac floral ballgown and tiara, holding the skirt out wide on the string-lit courtyard patio
Jasmine turned away from the camera, showing the three-dimensional flowers running down the back of the gown
Jasmine looking back over her shoulder with a smile, the jeweled lilac bouquet held at her side

The flower wall

Jasmine full length against a boxwood wall under a Happy Birthday neon sign and a garland of lilac and white roses
Jasmine in her crown and crystal necklace, grinning at the camera with the Happy Birthday neon glowing behind her

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The story

The Carrus House gave her two backdrops and she used both. The first was the courtyard, a boxwood wall with shuttered windows set into it and string lights running overhead, with the uplighting turned lilac to match the dress.

The gown does most of the talking. Off the shoulder, lilac tulle under a drift of three-dimensional flowers that starts at the bodice and keeps going all the way to the hem, with a jeweled bouquet built in the same palette. A good stretch of the evening went on holding that skirt out and turning in it, which is exactly what it was made for.

The rest happened at the flower wall, under a Happy Birthday neon sign and a garland of lilac and white roses. Crown, crystal necklace, and a grin that never really let up.

The team

Photography
Marlene Vafai

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