We often look back when we need style help or when we look for an influence in today’s designs and outfits seen across the streets. And who better to sever as an eminent style icon, than Frida Kahlo? Ms. Kahlo from the beginning dressed in her own outfits and claiming her own style along with her own walk (she walked with a limp from an early adolescent age) and her demeanor though is perhaps what comes through most in her style and specifically the colors she chose to wear. In the early 20-century, Frida walked to the beat of her own drum wearing her hair in a braid and full length skirts in the manner of the previous century. Often thought insane, surely laughed at, and snuffed at, Frida defined style simply because defied the everyday one. So no wonder we take from her and can still see magazine spreads in homage to this perserving surrealist painter. The most recent one? Vogue Germany has Lagerfeld shoot Claudia Schiffer in a nod to Kahlo’s style and expression. Not sure if Schiffer is the right one for the bill in this project, the meaning is still there. You could never look away from Frida or her style because she always walked with the attitude to dare one NOT to. I dare you to not scroll down below. . .
Frida Kahlo’s own Vogue cover shot by Nickolas Muray.
Imagery of Claudia Schiffer from Wunderbuzz
