Tuesday, October 23, 2012

La Calaca a Day - #23



The women on the cocktail circuit of the late 1930s were all curve-hugging dresses and gelled curls. Not Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo. She graced dinner parties and theaters from Paris to New York in ribbons, full skirts and loose peasant blouses embroidered with vividly colored flowers, and her uni-brow was a bold contrast to the pencil-line eyebrows of the time.
A full collection from Kahlo’s wardrobe will go on public display Nov. 22 in Mexico City after being locked for nearly 50 years in her armoires and dressers: jewelry, shoes and clothes that still carry the scent of the late artist’s perfume and cigarette smoke or stains from painting.  ~from the article

The image and article, along with a few other pictures of Frida's wardrobe, are found here.

(Rebecca is hosting La Calaca a Day for the month of October.  You can participate here.).

6 comments:

  1. great enticement to return to mexico city, to casa azul, to this great reveal and the possibility of breathing in her exotic essence!

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    1. I imagine that the display will be well received!

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  2. Love this art piece! How I wish I was closer to Mexico to view Frida's clothing collection, that would be awesome! Thanks for letting us know about the exhibit.
    Adriana

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    1. Thanks, Adriana - I often dream of going to Mexico!

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  3. What an exciting exhibit. . . wish I could travel to see it.

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  4. I would really, really like to see this exhibit. Just the thought that it is out and about is thrilling!

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Oh, look Toto - we have visitors!