Frida Kahlo's personal items being exhibited in UK

London  :    An exhibition bringing together hundreds of personal items that belonged to artist and cult figure Frida Kahlo for the first time outside her native Mexico is set to open in London.

The exhibition, entitled "Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up" and showcasing items of clothing and artefacts that belonged to Kahlo, will open on Saturday and run until November 4 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Efe news reported on Wednesday.

"Locked away for 50 years after her death, this collection has never before been exhibited outside Mexico," the museum noted on its site.

Among the over 200 pieces on display are cosmetics, necklaces, self-portraits and photographs.

When Kahlo died in 1954, her possessions were hidden away at her home "La Casa Azul" (The Blue House), in Mexico City on the instructions of her husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.

The items making up the collection were discovered in 2004 in the bathroom of La Casa Azul -- which has been a museum since 1957.

The house, now the Frida Kahlo Museum, publicly announced the discovery in 2007 and proceeded to exhibit some of the items in Mexico.