Maria’s leggins – she loves leggins, she sees them as a great liberating clothing for women – began to wear out, they all had holes in them. Maria buys few things for herself, and nothing retail. So I decided to surprise her with a gift of Navajo designed leggins, she liked them a lot, grumbling as usual that I ought not to buy her things.

In the course of going online and researching the leggins, I found myself on a site where various artists  design special leggins for people with idiosyncratic tastes. I saw two I had to buy, one had dinosaurs on it, and the other was a pair of Frida Kahlo leggins, designed to celebrate the Mexican artist who has been such an inspiration for Maria.

I am happy to see she just loved these, she didn’t even squawk at me for buying them for her. I love them too, Frida’s famous and eclectic face looks out from the knees. I have found a great gift to buy Maria from time to time. I can’t think of a more natural pairing. And this has awakened me to the creative power of leggins.