Related Keywords: fashion, Franz Mayer Museum, Frida Kahlo, London, Made in Mexico, Mexican, Mexico city, Rebozo, Spring 2015
The traditional Mexican `rebozo` a laborious hand woven shawl which was popularized by Frida Kahlo, the late Mexican painter is the focus of the "Made in Mexico" exhibit at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London.
The exhibit explores the role that fashion has played in promoting Mexican culture worldwide from the 17th century to the present and highlights the rebozo as a symbol of Mexican identity. It is unclear when the first rebozos were woven, although the first references to this garment appear in the 16th century.
