power dressing.

Forgive me for going all ‘Destiny’s Child’ on yo’ ass – but there’s nothing quite as sexy as an empowered, independent woman. Before yelping at the thought of Margaret Thatcher as your next style icon, there are a few invaluable lessons in dressing to be learnt from our first female Prime Minister – her penchant for “power shoulders” and omnipresent pearls for one, as well as her statement pallet of navies, blacks and fuchsias.
No flimsy draping for our independent lady, oh no. The 21st century is all about female supremacy - with sharp, geometric tailoring and colour blocking dominating the S/S 09 catwalks.

Of equal note is Michelle Obama, who teams gobstopper pearls with waist cinching shifts for practical outfits that flatter whilst giving poise and authority: in no way is this woman defined by her husband’s role.

So, like the two Lady M’s, go forth, don your tailoring like a suit of armour, your hair a coiffed helmet, and your handbag a fearsome weapon. To put it simply: She went. She wore. She conquered. In the words of Maggy herself, “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”

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