Meet the Star of Tejano Couture

The heroines of Dominico Lee’s design sketches look as though they escaped the pages of a storybook. The intentionally frayed hems of the gowns, in silk and tulle, suggest a chase or struggle. The exposed boning of the corsets hints at a lingering sorrow, a heartbreak beneath the glamour, emphasized even more by dark accessories—cowboy hats and boots, all in black.  The allusions are purposeful. Twenty-six-year-old Lee, who grew up in Aransas Pass, near Corpus Christi, says he built his most recent couture collection, “La Doña de la Casa,” around one main idea: “What if there were a Texas version of the Cinderella moment?”  Lee’s rise from self-taught designer to couturier in the national spotlight represents a fairy tale of its own. His first atelier…

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