COURTESY V&A MUSEUM; © NICKOLAS MURAY PHOTO ARCHIVES
They say that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in Texas; that a seemingly insignificant decision can change a person’s life in the most unimaginable of ways. Frida Kahlo’s butterfly moment occurred on 17 September 1925. She was boarding the bus home from school. Realising that she had left her umbrella behind, she disembarked and, after a fruitless search, boarded another.
ABOVE: Frida (sitting centre) with her sisters Matilde, Adriana and Cristina.
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