The vibrant wardrobe of Frida Kahlo by Sarah Wolfson

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Grew up in Los Angeles, many of my friends neighborhood and I have been raised idolize the Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo. We admired her for many reasons - his introspective art, colorful fashion sense, trend setting monobrow, fervor political force which led through numerous achievements, physical or emotional.

Needless to say that, for us, it became an emblematic figure and remained through the years.  Apparently, painter in fine decor and husband of Kahlo, Diego Rivera, felt much the same, protective of his wife.

After his death, Diego has locked the doors of his closets. Some say he wanted to keep his private affairs and that are dear to him, others think that he feared that they might be damaged.

Before his own death in 1957, long time friend Dolores Olmedo to take care of the closets of Frida, he asked, with a request to keep it locked up to 15 years after his death. And then, kept Olmedo space safe, keep it closed until his departure in 2002, at the age of 93.

Frida Kahlo MuseumDirector Hilda Soto de Trujillo, was honored to open the doors with the unveiling of 300 personal items by Kahlo, including a trove of treasure of clothing, jewelry, shoes and photographs. Historians, said the scent of Kahlo, with a brush of cigarette smoke if focused, as well as patches of paint, making it a sacred experience.

The exhibition, "appearances can be deceiving: The dresses of Frida Kahlo," takes place at the Frida Kahlo Museum also known as the "Casa Azul", in the District of Coyoacan of Mexico. In collaboration with Vogue Mexico, the show opened November 24, 2012 and will run for one year, with a rotation every five months featuring new items.

By adopting an approach theme-"disability" and "ethnic origin" - well illustrated show the stylistic approach of Kahlo, where many of his choices were twice, at one end, protecting stop hiding his artificial leg and the other celebrating its roots cultural Aboriginal Tehuana dresses.

The intimate space is only five rooms, medical material transport - immobilization of the leg and the corsets and dresses in fashion tops, skirts, shoes and simple jobs like a pair of cat - eye sunglasses. He also paid tribute to the influence of Kahlo on contemporary designers where the corsets of Jean Paul Gaultier and as of boy's collections are displayed.

The show gives the public the opportunity to get closer to this enigmatic figure, Kahlo's lifting of the canvas to real life.

Conservative Circé Henestrosa spoke of the exhibition.

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