TOP: huipil dress in green-flag synthetic satin, embroidered in cadenilla technique.
BOTTOM: skirt embroidered in the same technique, with pleated lace flounce, and underskirt.
ACCESSORIES: handmade floral headgear, and fringed mantilla woven with traditional loom.
RELEVANT DETAILS: cadenilla technique used for embroidery is typical of the municipalities of San Juan Guichicovi, Chicaoa de Castro or Juchitán, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is a combination of manual art and the use of the ancient Singer sewing machine.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Singer sewing machine arrived from England to the port of Salina Cruz (in the Mexican state of Oaxaca). It would become the tool used for embroidery in cadenilla technique, an artistic work in which each craftswoman, using her own creativity, manipulates overlapped layers of stitching to create unique styles and approaches, each recalling the same geometric designs of the Zapotec archaeological sites. Frida used to wear this style of dress on formal occasions, as shown in several pictures.