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Early Life
Diego Medel, a Mexican fashion designer, was born in Michoacán, Mexico. His mother had him at the age of 15 and he had to work to support the family. He grew up mainly with his grandmother and aunt, and at the age of 5, when his love for sewing began. His grandmother and aunts owned a couture dressmaking company. Diego came to the United States in order to achieve the American Dream. Diego dreamed of opening his own clothing store and potentially making clothing for various artists.

Career
Diego Medel met the Aguilar family in 2012; he started designing clothing for Angela Aguilar, Pepe Aguilar, and Leonardo Aguilar. His career started to take off once he began designing traditional Mexican clothing for this family. He made stage clothing for Gerardo Ortiz, Voz de Mando, Chiquis Rivera, El Komander, Chuy Lizarraga, and Noel Torres.

Diego Medel uses mainly Swarovski crystals in his work in order for his work to shine. Diego Medel then opened his fashion boutique in Huntington Park, California. By the name of Quinceland, Diego started making quinceañera dresses for the public, and now many people go to get dresses made by him. Diego is a very successful designer; he has been featured on fashion week, The Grammys, The Oscars, Billboards Awards, Telemundo, and many other film festivals.

In 2020, Diego Medel entered a competition that Swarovski hosted called the Crystals Around the World campaign. It was a six-month global tour to commemorate Swarovski's 125th anniversary. Diego Medel got the destination, The Grand Canyon; he was eager to work with this destination. Diego created a quinceañera dress inspired by the sunset of the red rocks of the grand canyon. He was able to put his creativity into the fabric of this dress; he laser printed the sunset onto a silky material in his store located in Huntington Park.

Diego plans on doing more prominent projects in the upcoming years.

Features

 * Fashion Week
 * The Grammys
 * The Oscars
 * Billboards Awards
 * Telemundo
 * Univision