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Featured Fashionista: Lorena Hidalgo

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What do you like about being Latina?

When you are Latina, you are a strong woman, you can obtain everything you set out to get, you can fight against adversity and you do it almost effortlessly for the people you love and for yourself. Your goals and your family are the most important.

What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?

What people don't know is that I am a teacher for children with hearing and language difficulties. Sometimes I don't believe how lucky I am to be able to make a difference with the little ones, my daily work makes me happy.


What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

I need all the colors, although this spring I prefer yellow and red more (every season I focus on a different color).

What trends are big in your city?


The oversize trend is taking over in my city, but the important thing is to adapt it to your style, because as Coco Chanel said "fashion changes but style lasts." This quote for me is one of the most important when it comes to fashion.

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What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?


I really like Gucci, but I usually wear many types of brands. I try to make the looks I publish on my networks accessible to all women and maybe that's why my profile is liked a lot, I am a normal, natural girl, with affordable clothes which I try to impose my style with, and not in the form of a fashion trend.

Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

Uff ... This is difficult, I may love Kendall Jenner, but I can not ignore some actresses like Penelope Cruz with her red carpet looks or Angelina Jolie with casual, simple and everyday looks that I love and that are the basis of inspiration for many.


Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

I see myself continuing to work with children with difficulties, but also doing important things in the world of fashion and forming my own family. I know those are many things, and many will say that it's not possible, but we are Latinas, we are strong and we can take on everything




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Adriana Melara

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Adriana Melara
What do you like about being Latina?

I personally love absolutely everything about being Latina. I love our innate fire, our passion, our romanticism and our spark to live life. I love how intense we can be when it comes to reaching our goals, how intense we can be in el amor and how determined we can be in overcoming any obstacle that comes our way.

Everywhere I go, people automatically know I'm a Latina and they think its so sexy and unique. It makes me feel exotic as well! Last but not least, I love how Latina's are slowly but surely conquering the world together. We all feel so proud and excited for each other's accomplishments that we help each other rise so we can all reach the top.

What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?
 I grew up being the chubby, tomboyish ugly girl in school! I knew nothing about fashion, makeup, styling, etc. I had bruises in my legs and preferred paintball matches over girls night any day of the week.


I was always surrounded with boys and loved playing sports so I had no idea I would ever be interested in the beauty and fashion industry. I'm pretty sure no one ever imagined that’s where my future would be.


What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

My favorite colors are black, red, blue and gold! My closet is mainly ripped jeans (my favorite), v necks (long sleeve and short sleeves), funky over sized jackets, booties, and designer belts!

What trends are big in your city?

Dallas is BIG on booties and designer accessories!

What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

I would say Gucci is my favorite designer brand. I love how the brand has shifted and transformed itself into this cultural/hip entity that represents us, the millennial's, and our desire to be different and stand out! Gucci is a perfect example of how changes in management (the dream team, CEO and creative director) and a real understanding of the POWER of the digital world can make a brand have an outstanding comeback. Got rid of the old and boring and gave life back to the brand... They've truly cracked the code!

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Adriana Melara
Adriana Melara
Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

This is not really an actress or a model since I do not follow many. But I consider Bad Bunny to have one of the most bad ass styles in the industry. He is so fresh, unique and outside the "comfort zone". I love his vibes and everything that he represents.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

My goal is to inspire as many young people as I can into becoming the most beautiful version of themselves. I plan to do this by inspiring them, coaching them and sharing my story of how you can transform your life if you put enough effort into it. Nowadays people spend their lives doing things they don’t like or doing things just because the rest of the world does. I want young girls and boys to start working on their passions from a very early age that way they know their real strengths and have a chance of making these their future careers. In many Latin American countries, we are conditioned by society to simply be one more fish in the sea. I want to make them all feel like they are the coolest unique creature in the sea. I see myself doing this for a living, currently working on the business plan for it!

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Patricia Gloria Contreras

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What do you like about being Latina?

Being a Latina is a gift of God, I love to have fire in my blood.

What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?

I think people would be surprised to discover how organized, determined and patient I am.

What trends are big in your city?

The trends in my city are street and soft colors.

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What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

My favorite designers are Zimmerman, Redemption, Milly and anything that is modern, fresh and cool. I love brands that are unique and that also show ancient reminiscence in their clothes.


What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

I truly love colors in every shade but I love how I look when I dress sophisticated and classic.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

I would love to see myself as an actress in a series and having a creative job-hobby on the side like art, decorating or designing.

Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

I love Angelina Jolie forever, I love Sara Sampaio and Mimi Cutrel is my favorite stylist ever.

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Featured Fashionista: Lourdes Tena

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Lourdes Tena
What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?

Mainly 2 things. First is, I worked in the automotive industry for 8 years. I was part of the planning and marketing team and I loved it. I have a crush on cars, it is the first thing I look at when I arrive to a new country and I always keep track of what’s new in the car industry. The second thing is that I lived in Seoul and Shanghai for 1 year respectively. First time I went alone was with my previous job (a car company) and for the second time I went with my husband for his work assignment (also in the automotive sector).

What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

Manolo Blahnik: How he gets inspired even by the most insignificant thing in nature. I love his shoes, they are feminine yet so powerful

  • Zac Posen: His way to work with fabrics makes it look so easy. The movement and elegance of his dresses are my #wardrobegoals.

  • Carolina Herrera: 2 words, timeless elegance.


What are your favorite colors that make up most of your closet?

Lately white and pink, but you’ll find any tone that is vibrant, colorful and vivid.

What trends are big in your city?

Gingham, metallic items such as shoes and bags, flower prints and colorful tassels everywhere.

 

Lourdes Tena
Lourdes Tena
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What is your favorite outfit in your closet?

A basic piece transformed into something totally different when you add a statement piece or accessory.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

Before I started my blog, I already followed a blogger that has constantly grown during the past years, Chriselle Lim. I do not only love her style and character, but also her smooth transition from a blogger to an entrepreneur. Her work is very professional in each campaign she does, she already leads a big team that creates amazing and original content and all of that achieving a very acceptable work-life balance. I have really learned from her and she has been a motivation to make my content even better. I hope my blog/Youtube channel can lead to that same results. 

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Featured Fashionista: Evlyn Huayek

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What do you like about being Latina?

I LOVE everything about being latina. Our culture, our food, our family ties, and our incredible love for life! We carry happiness within us & life just seems much more simpler when you are born in a latin country for some reason!

What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?
I would like to travel the world with one bag ONLY.


What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

I love boho vibes. Anything thats comfortable and feminine! I LOVE to wear loose-fitting, colorful, flowy dresses. They are just so easy to wear and they give you this chic effortless look and if you are traveling they don't take a lot of space. You will ALWAYS find a leather jacket in my closet. It is such a timeless piece of clothing that will never go out style and can be easily pair with anything in your wardrobe. I also like jean jackets for the same reason, and a good pair of Levis jeans is a must! I love colors!

What trends are big in your city?

In Los Angeles, a leather jacket is always a good idea. In Bogota, I would say a pair of Stan Smiths since you walk quite a lot. These two items will go with anything!

What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

I love Club Monaco, Madewell, Free People and Banana Republic. They all have casual wear that can be easily dress up or dress down.

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Evlyn Huayek
Evlyn Huayek
Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

Jessica Alba & Alessandra Ambrosio.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

I would like to make a difference in this world, show the love of God to others, and travel the world.

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Featured Fashionista: Vanessa Espinoza-Luna

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What do you like about being Latina?

Everything! I enjoy being a part of a culture that embraces strong family values, traditions, and celebrates with delicious foods, vibrant sounds of music and colorful detailing! I enjoy being able to understand more than one language, allowing me to expand my relationships outside of the U.S. Another reason why I love being Latina, is because we are so unique from any other culture. We come in all shapes, sizes, color tones, and have beautiful exotic features. We take pride in hard work, and recognize it through the example most of our parents or grandparents have demonstrated.

What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?
I think there are several things actually, haha. I hold a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH) focusing on Health Policy and Management from Texas A&M Health Science Center. During my time in graduate school, I made the initiative to raise money to help me complete my internship abroad in Cochabamba, Bolivia for 2 months. Yes, I lived there for 2 months in a very impoverished area where I learned a lot about myself. Such a great experience living in a third world country! Lastly, months shortly after I returned to the states from Bolivia, I took a leap of faith and moved to Dallas with only a savings account and no job. I secured a job 2 months later and the rest is history! Best decision that changed my life.


What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

The color that makes up most of my closet is black, followed by navy blue, then white/beige, and tans/nuetrals. I do have pops of red, fuscia, bright blue, pinks, and some print styles in the mix!

What trends are big in your city?

Currently for Spring are bamboo handbags, lace and off the shoulder tops, jumpsuits or rompers, colorful prints and stripes, pearl detailed slide sandals, and white nail polish!

What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

I love several! What quickly comes to mind are, Gianni Bini as a designer and Topshop as a brand. I love Gianni Bini because the styles are always so chic, yet feminine. I do find some cuts to be a little edgy, but nonetheless they are made for a feminine silhouette. Topshop, in my opinion, is always on trend and many times fashion forward. I enjoy pushing myself outside my comfort zone with Topshop as I enjoy seeing when a style that I would of never tried before actually work very well.

Vanessa Espinoza
Vanessa Espinoza
Vanessa Espinoza
Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

While I think many models and actresses have amazing style, I most associated myself with Zoe Saldana because of her tall and thin stature. A lot of things she wears, I can see myself wearing or at least her body type is almost similar. I also love her fearless personality!

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

In 5 years at a personal level, my goals are to have done some traveling to certain places on my bucket list before starting a family. As for being a blogger/influencer, I know in 5 years my knowledge and work in this industry will grow. I take my blog work very seriously, which is why I am working hard to continue to work with brands that completely fit my lifestyle and where I can create excitement to share with my network I also currently oversee the DFW Latina Bloggers group, and therefore I hope by then to have created an environment where brands start reaching out to network with some of the girls in the group for collaborative opportunities. I enjoy helping people and seeing anyone become successful brings me great joy, especially in knowing I had a hand in their success.

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Estefania Ornelas

What are your favorite fashion trends?

One of the trends that are big in my city are the large and huge earrings! I love these types of earrings that are gigantic because I feel it is a different way to combine your outfits! You can put on something super basic and for that fashion touch you put on a pair of some big earrings, and boom, outfit love! I love big earrings, they are works of art!

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What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?

Something that people would probably be surprised to know about me is that I am very grumpy, I get angry very easily, and I feel that this is something that they would be surprised to know because I always project a very happy person in my networks. That doesn't mean I'm not a happy person, Obviously I am. I’am a very cheerful and friendly person who always laughs at everything, but I do not project my grumpy side.

What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

My favorite colors are black and gold, but to dress I love black, red, mustard yellow, gold, navy blue, and white. I really like to wear black and black is the one that predominates in my closet, but I always try to give my outfits a touch of color, “a pop of color." I love bright colors and combining “neutral” or basic pieces, with colorful or rare things that draws attention. I’m fascinated by rare and different things, because in my opinion those are the most original that will make your outfits be unique!

"Everything about being a Latina makes me proud. Latinos are characterized by the love we have for our roots, our family, our culture and everything that represents us. I love that I was born in a Latin community, I love that we are very close and that we always support each other, that we have a beautiful culture full of traditions, life, knowledge, colors, music and more. We have a wide variety of delicious dishes, music of different genres, parties and traditions that are full of life and magic, among a thousand other things. We are the most cheerful, warm, kind and caring people in the world. I love that we are very hardworking and we are always looking for a way to move forward. I just love being a Latina, but what I like the most, is that despite the bad things that we are living or have, we always see the positive side and we have a lot of passion and pride for who we are."

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What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

One of my favorite brands I think would be Moschino, simply because of its authenticity. As I said before, I like different and unique things, Moschino has a different style but they know how to make it work so it can look cool, fashion, trendy, and unique! I’m just a huge fan of that brand, it is so stylish! Among other of my favorite brands that inspire me are Gucci, YSL, Channel, and Kate Spade.

Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

I think that of the persons that have the best style is Negin Mirsalehi. She is a model/influencer that to my taste, she has one of the best styles of all. I love her fashion sense and how she combines her clothes. Another one that inspires me a lot is Micah Gianneli, she is a style Influencer and she dresses beautifully, elegant, different, stylish and has unique sense of fashion. She always looks so flawless and simply just a great inspiration for fashion lovers like me.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

I could not exactly say how I look myself in 5 years, since I do not even know what I'll be doing in 6 months, but I certainly have goals that i would like to accomplish in this 5 years, among those goals are finishing school and graduate as a Industrial Designer, grow in my YouTube channel, grow as a person and learn from my mistakes but the most important goal for me would be to be happy! I have had many obstacles in my life that for me “to be happy” has not been an easy thing to achieve, but in life you always have to fight, if you fall get up again, learn from your falls. My number one goal in 5, 10, 15, 25, 40 years and for the rest of my life is to be happy.

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Featured Fashionista: Leslie Gudino

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Leslie Gudino
What do you like about being Latina?

What I love about being Latina is that we are very feisty and independent women. We have so much to bring to the table and part of that has to do with how we were raised! We work hard and still know how to handle our business at work, or at home. Latinas have a lot of character. There is a big stereotype out there that Latinas are crazy, but we aren’t. We are just very passionate and we are not afraid to speak our mind!

What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?
Something about me that will surprise people is that I am a very shy person. Only those who know me personally get to experience the real me! A lot of people don’t really get to see this side of me because they only know me through Instagram, and on social media my alter-ego comes out. Instagram Leslie is super carefree, fierce, and confident. However, people don’t see what happens behind the camera. I am super dorky and I usually change back to sweats and a hoodie when I am done taking pictures!
What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

My favorite colors are black, white, and mustard yellow! I would say 80% of my clothes are in the color black, but sometimes I try to spice it up and wear white! I just think white is super elegant and classy. For outfits I think my closet is full of two pieces! If I see any matching sets in the store I am just like well take my money!

What trends are big in your city?

So, in the Bay it’s really hard to describe a trend because everyone is so unique and different, but I would say everyone has some swag to them. I am the complete opposite. I am stuck with the So Cal fashion trends, because I lived there for four years and that’s where I got most of my fashion inspiration from. In LA it’s all about the glamour, the glitter, and the extra-ness, so people in the Bay look at me funny!

What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

I am very into Gucci right now, because I just think it’s a staple and it looks dope! But my dream is to own a Chanel Bag. I just think Chanel is super elegant!

Leslie Gudino
Leslie Gudino
Leslie Gudino
Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

Wow this is a really hard question because everyone in the fashion industry has been killing the game, but I would say Olivia Culpo. She just has effortless beauty and fashion trends. Every time she posts something on Instagram it always ends up on my saved pictures!

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

In five years I see myself living in a condo on the Hills of LA. I see myself being the head coordinator for a big marketing firm. As for my fashion I see it taking off. I just see myself making money out of my personal brand. I have a lot of goals/ dreams that I want to accomplish, but I am taking everything one step at a time. I trust my own process and I just want to enjoy the journey!

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Featured Fashionista: Cindy Elena

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What do you like about being Latina?

EVERYTHING! The culture, the food, the warmth of Latin people, the food, the traditions, the food, the heritage, Seriously the FOOD! Haha, I'm Mexican and I'm completely obsessed with everything my Latin culture provides, since I was young my parents taught me to be proud about my heritage.

What are your favorite colors and outfits that make up most of your closet?

I'm definitely more of a jeans and really comfy shoes kinda gal. I'm very casual in the way I dress. Very California Girl. I don't really like high heels (mainly because I have no clue how to walk in them) and you'll definitely see me in any form of denim. I tend to wear a lot of white, blue, black and pink.

What trends are big in your city?

I live in a small pueblo in Guanajuato so there isn't really a huge fashion or trend following. People tend to wear the same things.

Cindy with white dress
Cindy wearing white
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What is your favorite brand/designer? What do you like about that brand?

Gucci Gang Gucci gang Gucci gang. I'm obsessed with Gucci but your girl can't always afford it so I tend to shop more at Zara they have all the Gucci vibes at only the fraction of the price.

Which actresses or models do you believe have the best style?

Julie Sariñana, Chiara Ferragni and Millie Bobby Brown, is that weird?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your goals?

Definitely married and with my very own successful business.

What’s something about you that people would be surprised to know?

That I was born in the US, SoCal actually. Born and raised until I decided a couple of years ago to permanently move to Mexico with my mom and dad. People in Mexico find it very strange that I decided to live in Mexico when I could live in the "land of opportunities" -- guess I just really fell in love with this country. Oh and that I don't like tequila AT ALL! People also find that very surprising.

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