María Félix, exhibition 'María and Fashion 1914-2024' in the Palacio de Hierro

María Félix, María Bonita, María del Alma. She, the highest diva, delighted the world with her sole existence in a world dominated by injustice and a system that benefited the women of the time; however, She broke the rules to give way to her own legend. Rodrigo Flores, director of Experiences of El Palacio de Hierro says that “María was about to film her first film, The rock of the Ánimasby Miguel Zacarías, so he went to the costume test. Seeing the garments he would use he refused to try them because she demanded that everything she used to the picture should be bought at the Palacio de Hierro. Zacharias asked to close the store for her and so on, The Doña chose each fabric, each button and each application to form its wardrobe”

The armchairs that María Félix herself used will be in this exhibition.Paulina Chávez

In fact, María Félix herself declared that although she was part of her personality, I did it because I needed reciprocity, “I was very demanding with me and others. I think that when a birthday has the right to demand and I demanded a lot because it gave a lot. ” And precisely because of that, he always sought to have the best around him: culture, art, science, politics, lifestyle, actions … everything. So, it is no surprise that your day to day was full of extraordinary, unique and above all, exclusive details. Therefore, as Felix herself said, «where the antiques are, I am.» Which is a clear allusion to his passion for everything that gave him style, personality and, better yet, will feed his hunger for daily learning.

Thanks to this incredible history of collecting and culture, María Félix is ​​the protagonist of the new exhibition at the Palacios Palace, Maria and Fashion 1914-2024where we will see the most secret side of the diva: His daily life. It is the union of efforts, people and especially from the love of Mexico to the dear María Bonita. It is not for less, we are about to commemorate the 110 years of his birth and what better to do it with A cultural and aesthetic celebration of María Félix. While it is a small sample of what she lived daily, today we can slowly and deeply go into those spaces that inhabited and enjoyed.

Maria and Fashion 1914-2024the dream of the life of María Félix

As is well known, María Félix had fascination with antiques and luxury. So, while he was in his hands, he sought to collect every piece that was part of his personality and a collection that, when he died, would remain as a faithful record of his life. According to Rodrigo Flores, «We join Hanzel Ortegón, member of Estate of María Félix and M+A+P To create this unique exposure and rarely seen. We almost always see photos of the films in which he participated, we placed it with his pure and we know that he was a lover of Paris; However, today We want to show your collector's facet and a lover of changes and risk in your own home. She used to have a close relationship with brands Haute Couture Like Dior, Hermés or Gucci, but he also walked through special galleries to find original pieces and also had the power to intervene them so that These were in their spaces giving them accentsBut not the prominence. She sought to always complement them. ”

So the exhibition shows A series of 55 looks fashionable; However, for the first time objects of art and home are exhibited that framed their residence in Polanco, its Villa de las Tortugas and its department in Paris, among other different houses throughout their lives. The intimacy of the homes he shared with his son, with his sentimental partners and with herself will never reveal, but see details of her today is possible.

Paris, Mexico City and Cuernavaca protested the pieces that are exhibited in Maria and fashionwhich are strategically placed recreating the setting of their different rooms. According to Hanzel Ortegón, «The Paris Department was the most difficult to recreate, since the pieces that formed are under the shelter of different collectors. When he auctioned and sold them, Maria made sure they were left to her acquaintances. Therefore, when we contacted them to collect the pieces, they immediately agreed. ” But what is exhibited? Personal objects, decorative details and works of art.

In fact, in Maria and fashion Two pieces that had never seen the light are exhibited in some event dedicated to her. The first is a Frida Kahlo impression made by Diego Rivera, who also drew a toad (in honor of his own nickname). It is known that Maria had him in her dressing table as a tribute to her endearing friends, Frida and Diego. Likewise, a pair of ceramic liquor in green and pink tones is shown to combine with their personality. «It was a splendor maniac and I don't say it, she was defined like this”Says Hanzel and this tour of his homes and details show him.

In the hall of the Palacios Palace there is an impressive bed in blue, a bank with monkeys details that were initially four seats; and stools and armchairs made of silk with filling of goose feathers. Similarly, there are a number of objects such as a teapot and an incredible fireplace that was rescued from his house in the CDMX, shortly before he was completely demolished. There are also comfortable, drawers and other furniture that, at the time, They lived fully sharing spaces and dialogues with the maximum diva of national cinema.

It should be noted that María Félix worked hand in hand with several architectslike Pepe Mendoza, who designed the turtle villas, but Hanzel tells us who was his main accomplice: “The true shoulder shoulder of the diva was Jean Paul Olivier through Christian Fersen firmvery active in the textile world. They recreated classic pieces that Maria saw, reinvented others, and of course, those she acquired for mere pleasure intervened. Maria was irreverent, so she dared to change, even, the iconographic messages of the pieces. Therefore, he always tried to be quite incisive and specific, he did not want misunderstandings, but the desired results. ”

“It is a Maria well known for her contributions to cinema and fashion, but We rarely see her as a faithful lover of interior design and odditiesand, in reality, that was her. In addition, as a lover of the rescue of pieces, it was normal and almost evident that all corners had their own relevance. Even the pictorial works, such as the painting of the circus monkeys whose whereabouts is unknown, but we know that his son presented it on May 10, why? For his eclecticism, his mutant personality, his love for good taste”, Ends Hanzel.

Where and when to see Maria and Fashion 1914-2024?

The great exposure is available From April 4 to 29, this 2024 on the ground floor of the Polanco Palacio Polancobetter known as the Palacios Palace. Thus, through each step along the place a little of Mary is discovered without a tient and with all the strength of Doña herself.