Frida Kahlo’s amazing wardrobe revealed after 50 years. After her death in 1954, her husband Diego Rivera locked her belongings in a bathroom of their home in Mexico City. He demanded it to be locked until 15 years after his death. The room was not opened until 2004.
The artist in her, Frida Kahlo’s creativity expanded to her wardrobe. She worn long traditional dresses to conceal her lower body due to the childhood polio which made her right leg thinner than her right. When Frida in her 20’s, her legs were fractured in 11 pieces from a horrible bus accident. She was in full body cast for three months and she painted her casts and corsets into artwork. Her leg was amputated in 1953, Frida designed the prosthetic leg with embroidered red lace-up boots and a bell attached.
London’s Michael Hoppen Gallery is now exhibiting ‘Frida by photographer Ishiuchi Miyako’ from May 14th to July 12th, 2015.
Source: The Guardian, WhoWhatWear, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
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