{"id":12849,"date":"2017-10-29T02:05:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T01:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/10\/29\/frida-kahlo-feminist-selfie-queen-queer-icon-and-style-muse-of-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-10-29T02:05:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T01:05:12","slug":"frida-kahlo-feminist-selfie-queen-queer-icon-and-style-muse-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=12849","title":{"rendered":"Frida Kahlo: feminist, selfie queen, queer icon and style muse of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the artist\u2019s attitude as much as her work that inspires today\u2019s designers (not to mention Theresa May)What is it about Frida Kahlo? More than 60 years after her death the radical Mexican artist, who is remembered above all for her searing self-portraits, is being celebrated on the catwalk and setting the cultural agenda. When a bracelet with the artist\u2019s face on it is spotted on the wrist of Theresa May, as happened at the recent Conservative party conference, Kahlo-mania can safely be said to have entered the mainstream.In high fashion, Kahlo\u2019s influence can be felt in the maximalism of Alessandro Michele\u2019s heady Gucci aesthetic. For autumn\/winter 2017 that meant florals and bold bows, ruffles and clashing, all in keeping with Kahlo\u2019s love of excess; rings, flowers and embroidery. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2017\/oct\/29\/frida-kahlo-style-muse-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\">Frida Kahlo: feminist, selfie queen, queer icon and style muse of 2017<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the artist\u2019s attitude as much as her work that inspires today\u2019s designers (not to mention Theresa May)What is it about Frida Kahlo? More than 60 years after her death the radical Mexican artist, who is remembered above all for her searing self-portraits, is being celebrated on the catwalk and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}