TOP: typical Tehuana huipil dress in black satin, embroidered with cotton thread.
BOTTOM: peasant-style skirt with printed floral details and a band embroidered in cadenilla technique; white pleated lace flounce on the edge of the skirt, which has an underskirt whose function is to give volume, thus being an essential garment of typical traditional dresses from the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
ACCESSORIES: handmade floral headgear, mantilla woven with waist loom, and typical gold-plated braided leather necklace.
RELEVANT DETAILS: Frida wore a dress of this style during a photo session held in New York in 1939 by the fashion photographer Nickolas Muray, who was also one of her lovers. The photo was published on the cover of VOGUE Mexico in November 2012.