Power Suits A boxy skirt suit was the Iron Lady's uniform - the perfect fusion of femininity and forcefulness.
Margaret Thatcher, gestures outside 10 Downing Street May, 1989.
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Margaret Thatcher in the living room at 10 Downing Street, January 1990.
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Pussy BowsA softening touch to a harder look; Thatcher had an array of styles, colours and patterns, worn underneath her signature suits.
Margaret Thatcher poses inside Number 10 Downing Street in London, England on April, 1984.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher at the Mountbatten Memorial, Horse guards parade, London, Britain, 1983.
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to supporters after arriving in a helicopter, May 1987.
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PearlsGiven to her by her husband when her twins were born, she was rarely without her pearls, refusing to give them up when advised to.
Margaret Thatcher, 1985.
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Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK from 1979 to 1990, circa 1970.
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True BlueThe conservative cobalt was her colour of choice - from deep royal shades, to a softer powder blue.
Margaret Thatcher poses formally with other leaders, June 1980.
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher attending 93rd Annual American Booksellers Association Convention on May, 1993 in Miami, Florida.
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HandbagsThatcher favoured the Asprey tote as her handbag of choice, and it became synonymous with her brand of power. She once said,'Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding the handbag than the bayonet.'
United States President Ronald Reagan walks Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain to her car following a meeting that lasted over an hour in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. June, 1982.