By Michael Quintanilla, Staff Writer April 8, 2015 Updated: April 8, 2015 5:46 p.m.
San Antonio’s citywide Fiesta celebration is the best excuse to shop for updated party looks.
With nearly 200 Fiesta events over 11 days starting next week, a girl’s got to dress for the occasion, be it a day parade or a Night In Old San Antonio.
But what to wear with Fiesta flair — and where? Miss Fiesta 2015 Alixzandra Peña, a 20-year-old University of the Incarnate Word senior, helps us with several spring fashion trends perfect for a parade, pageant or party.
Casual or dressy, shorts are a spring go-to favorite — and a must for many of Fiesta’s outdoor festivities. This season, shorts come in a variety of lengths and styles from frayed denim short-shorts to tailored Bermudas to breezy culottes. Shorts also can be glammed up with a fancy hat or dressed down with flip-flops.
Where to wear: Texas Cavaliers River Parade, April 20; Battle of Flowers, April 24; King William and Fiesta Flambeau parades, April 25.
Fiesta royalty doesn’t have dibs on all that dazzles. Among spring’s special effects are rhinestones on shoes, crystals on handbags and full-on, all-over sequins on cocktail and evening wear. Sparkling embroidery also is given a youthful and modern twist when it’s worked onto a solid-hued gown.
Where to wear: Rey Feo Crown Celebration, April 17; Incognito: Fiesta’s Masked Ball, April 18; Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo, April 22.
Whether vertical, horizontal or fractured, stripes are making a major statement this spring. But unlike last season’s awning-sized stripes, this spring the striped treatment is worked on unique textiles and combined with fringe and flounces.
Where to wear: A Day in Old Mexico & Charreada, April 19; Mariachi Festival Presented by Ford, April 21-23.
Wearing white is always a top trend come spring and summer. But this time around, head-to-toe blinding white is the most fashionable way to wear it, as seen by stars on TV talk shows and on the red carpet. Whether it’s a pair of jeans, wide-leg pants, shorts or a dress, the hue is hot and a great canvas for adding Fiesta color with a headband, statement necklace, handbag — or all three.
Where to wear: Fiesta Fiesta, April 16; Fiesta Pops, April 17; Fiesta Arts Fair, April 18, 19.
Where to wear: A Night In Old San Antonio, April 21-23.
Where to wear: Cornyation, April 21-23.