By Mauricio Rocha – WestWord.com – Photo: Courtesy of Museo de las Americas.

Photo: Sarita Peralta (left) and one of the models in Viva La Sirena.

Creativity runs in the family: Sarita Peralta, a homemaker who dabbles in designing accessories, is the younger sister of fashion designer Alejandra Perlata, whose work starred at the Viva la Sirena show at the Museo de las Americas April 19. Not only were the fashions inspired by the Pachuca movement, but so was the jewelry by Xencs L. Wing, and the makeup and hair by Vanita Dollz founder Cha Cha Romero, complete with pincurls intricately woven with flowers.

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