Not a dedicated follower of fashion ...

I have just bought the most divine new book. It open the doors on Frida Kahlo's wardrobe and is called 'Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress'.

An email relating to a comment I left on Gina Ferrari's blog helped me to know of this particular book originally, and I thought that I'd try and get it from my local library. I felt thwarted at every turn by library assistants who are so usually keen to help me with my sometimes unusual book requests, with the result being that I walked away quite disenchanted and very disappointed with the entire system on this occasion. On my return home I took a squizz at the Internet where I found the book at a reasonable price second-hand so placed my order.



I had recently watched the film about Frida's life, and it was just a really amazing story and let you see her from a very personal aspect. She was an extremely complicated person not only as if viewed from her surrealist art but also as a policital, sexual and sometimes tragic individual.



I love the unique style that Frida seems to have carved for herself, not only as an artist but from her unusual clothes sense. I've tentatively researched Mexican fashion as a result and rather enjoyed the writing on this particular website.

I think the following quote from Frida sums her work up entirely and so much better than I could even consider to try, "I didn't expect anything from my work but the satisfaction that I ganied from simply painting and expressing what I otherwise could not put into words".



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