Hailey

         
             
                 Say HELLO to Hailey. Hailey was designed to be very Sexy. I wanted to give this dress a very sultry look. I think she is stunning and glamourous. Anyway continue reading below to see exactly what insipred me to draw up Hailey.

         "La inspiracion existe, pero tiene que encontrate trabajando."- Pablo Picasso. I was influenced and inspired by my hispanic roots. Once again my culture  and family was the inspiration for my work. I always throught that Hispanic fashion was very sexy and beautiful. I was inspired by the Flamenco dancers because they always have such beautiful red flowers in their hair. I love that this dance uses flowers like the red rose to represent love. I believe love is so powerful that it can change everything and leads to great memories and paths. As a hispanic I know that we are very family oriented. Family is very important to us and how you represent your family is also important. Family is the source of love, because two people fell in love there is more love to spread around. I come from a very large family, I have 6 aunts on my moms side, and 11 aunts and uncles on my dads side. I have a total of 36 cousins not including the 6 great grandkids(second cousins). All of us are very close and visit each other on a daily basis. So it's odd if we all didn't see each other for years. This is why I incorperated the orange rose because to me it reminds me of the love I have for my very large family. I also loved the fact that flamenco dancing is like another form of ballet, and I thought i could relate. Ballet costumes are supposed to be very tight fitted to give off that put together feel of it, which is why I decided to make the dress very tight fitted to create the illusion that it's perfect and in place. Flamenco costuming contians frilly voluminous ruffles and I thought Hailey should be given that to add on the flamenco look. I also added web like rinestones all around the dance to capture the drama. I wanted to again use the gold color throught the dress to make it my own, and stray away from the orignal red flameco dress, I also believe that gold represents joy, richness, intellect, and energy. I wanted it to represent the joy of life and that we should celebrate it with family. I wanted the dress to represnt richness because we are rich with love. I also wanted it to represent intellect and energy because my grandpa always pushed the idea of a good education and good energy. As I said earlier family is love and family is very important, and to say the least we have joy, richness, intellect and good energy. When I was drawing Hailey I thought of my family members and every aspect that was put into this dress was inspired by them, I was brought joy by my grandparents who have given me a great and memorable childhood. I was wealthy with unconditional love by my parents, who taught me that money isn't everything and you should creish everything that is given to you no matter what. I was inpsired by the intellect of my cousins because they showed me that hard work pays off if you keep on going. And well the good energy is brought whenever I am around all these crazy people under one roof.

      A spainsh saying goes, " A mal tiempo, buena cara." this means in bad times, hold your head up high. Look to your family and know that you can get through tough times together. Lift each other up with good spirits, and if you fail don't be dissappointed just keep going. Even though this summer we lost my beloved grandpa we are constantly lifting each other up and we keep going knowing he's up in the heavens watching our greatest accomplishments. So I say to you my dear readers appreciate your family and your family values before it's all gone.