It’s a non-stop Halloween party at pH, and you’re invited! Â We’ve already had to replenish our stock, and just yesterday we got in some fiestastic cards from hello!Lucky. Â This number was inspired by Mexican imagery of the catrÃna:
The catrÃna is a popular figure from Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico.
Although Dia de los Muertos has roots in the Catholic All Saints Day and All Souls Day, the figure of the catrÃna derives from the Aztec goddess of the underworld, Mictecacihuatl. What a diva:
The image of the modern catrÃna first appeared in the above 1913 etching by Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada. By depicting bougie women as skeletons, Posada proposes that even socialites one day bite the dust.
Posada also probably intended for us to have super cute Halloween greeting cards a century later. Swing by the shop this saturday to get dibs!
Back to the present: Monday, October 19th marks the beginning of one of my favorite Houston traditions, the Dia de los Muertos Retablos event at Lawndale Art Center. Until then, I’ll be scavenging in my closet for autographed MJ pics to bring as an offering of remembrance to the “Community Ofrenda”. ¡Hasta el lunes!
