Introduction: Fashioning Frida
Claire Wilcox and Circe Henstrosa
Trouble in the Blue House
Hilda Trujillo Soto
I FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD
Quetzalcoatl's Grin: The Changing Face of Art and Culture in Frida
Kahlo's Mexico
Adrian Locke
II ADOLESCENCE AND ADULTHOOD
Appearances Can Be Deceiving - Frida Kahlo's Construction of
Identity: Disability, Ethnicity and Dress
Circe Henestrosa
Frida Kahlo's Jewellery
Clare Phillips
III JEWELLERY
Frida Kahlo's Wardrobe
Chloe Sayer
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up
Claire Wilcox
IV COSMETICS
Frida Kahlo: Posing, Composing, Exposing
Gannit Ankori
V ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICES
The Resplandor: Cultural and Spiritual Significance in Two
Self-Portraits
Kirstin Kennedy
Frida Redressed
Oriana Baddeley
VI MEDICINES
A gorgeous book focussing on Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe - as distinctive and instantly recognisable as her much-celebrated art.
Claire Wilcox is Senior Curator in the Department of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Professor in Fashion Curation at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London. Circe Henestrosa is an independent curator and Head of the School of Fashion at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.
Praise for V&A Exhibition Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up which
accompanies this book:
‘A room of her personal belongings, which had been sealed since her
death, was opened, and its contents put on display at the Blue
House –it is a real coup for the V&A to be able to borrow this
collection.’ Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian
'an extraordinary testimony to suffering and spirit' The
Observer
'Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up is a larger version of the
inaugural viewing of the Casa Azul stash that took place in Mexico
City earlier this year. It is intimate and epic in scale, the
juxtapositioning of artworks with the items that appear in them —
here some jewellery, there a headdress — compelling.’ Anna Murphy,
The Times
‘Whatever your preconceptions about Kahlo, it’s hard to leave this
show unimpressed by her huge resilience, and without feeling just a
little in love with this extraordinary woman.’ Mark Hudson, Daily
Telegraph
'Claire Wilcox and Circe Henestrosa… have masterminded a
celebration of the artist’s style.’ Karen Dacre, Evening
Standard
‘The V&A has now put a generous selection of these intimate
contents on show, amplifying them with films of her in action, more
photographs, her jewellery, her costumes and a small but gripping
array of her fiery self-portraits.’ Waldemar Januszczak, Sunday
Times Culture
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