Frida Style Icon by Charlie Collins & Camilla Perkins

Author:Charlie Collins & Camilla Perkins [Collins, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784885069
Publisher: Hardie Grant
Published: 2022-04-07T05:00:00+00:00

The Gold Sunglasses

‘I was born a bitch! I was born an artist’

No item in Frida Kahlo’s recovered wardrobe is quite as cool as her gold sunglasses. Just try typing ‘frida kahlo cats-eye sunglasses’ into Google’s search box and you will find a plethora of options to bag yourself a pair just like hers – testament to our style icon’s ability to influence us from the afterlife. These wonderfully kitsch frames represent Frida’s daring sartorial choices, her defiant punk spirit, and the many stylish contradictions that wove themselves together to create her unforgettable look.

Indeed, Frida was full of surprising opposites. She was a woman who despised the bourgeoisie, yet who shamelessly flirted over the dinner table with some of the most influential figures of her time, from the wealthy art patron and socialite Peggy Guggenheim to the Hollywood entertainer, Dolores Del Rio. She wrote sweet love notes, spritzed with heady perfume and sealed with pink lipstick kisses, and she embraced an untamed sexuality that defied the social constraints of her time. She came to dress in a way that exuded traditional femininity, yet drank tequila as if it was water, smoked like a chimney and spouted poetic profanities wherever she went.

Frida’s striking fashion choices were always offset by contrasting elements, such as pairing her ultra-feminine Tehuana costumes with an array of heavy-metal rings adorning her fingers, each one staging its own stylish rebellion. The severity of her pencilled unibrow was contrasted with the coquettish girlishness of her rouged cheeks and stained lips.

Frida’s fabulous gold glasses embody her love for frivolously fun fashion, which she pitted against a desire to dress intelligently and to craft an image that held social, cultural and political significance.

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