The Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher, Former Conservative Prime Minister passed away yesterday morning after a stroke, whilst staying at The Ritz hotel.

Thatcher was the first female British Prime Minister, serving for 11 years, from 1979 until 1990. Most would agree the policies she carried out whilst PM, caused massive amounts of controversy across the country, from crushing the trade unions and causing the miners’ strike.

However another thing that is just as famous as her politics is her image. There are five ‘elements’ that make up the ‘Iron Lady’s’ style: her hair, her pearls, the blue suit, the pussybow blouse and her handbag and gloves. For her first day as Prime Minister she was dressed head to toe in Tory blue demonstrating in the most obvious was that the Tory’s were back.

"I really only dress in two kinds of ways. One, the way I am dressed now, in a classic suit and blouse. It's terribly important to have good blouses…” Lady Thatcher’s power-dressing is just as well known as the woman herself. The very last thing she set out to be was a fashion genre, but since 20 years ago when she led our country, ‘Thatcher style has become a staple of the catwalks.’ With Georgia Jagger dressed as Lady Thatcher for U.S Harper’s Bazaar.

Many will remember her as ‘Thatcher the milk snatcher’,but she was also a woman who showed that you can be authoritative without giving up your femininity. But as Alexandra Shulman stated ‘Even those who disagreed with her politics will remember her as a shrewd, influential visionary.’