What Should Happen To Margaret Thatcher's Old Clothes?

[sp1814]

The V&A were right in my opinion in rejecting her clothes. After seeing their Alexander McQueen, Bowie and Westwood shows, a Thatcher show would seem by limited (very few 'iconic' items).

So where should these items go on display?

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/03/va-rejects-offer-to-showcase-margaret-thatchers-clothing

By the way - no one is allowed to make any allusions to using them this Thursday.

[janbee]

Give them to some old drag queen

[ToraToraTora]

ah the lefties are having a party again, I go away for an hour and the TGL haters who mostly were not even off their mothers breast when she was fixing the nation have another excuse for a vitriol fest. Enjoy popinjays, enjoy.

[Canary42]

You should know all about vitriol fests TTT.

[Gromit]

She wasn't noted for her fashion sense. Her clothes were old fashioned when she wore them. They were not particularly attractive, or iconic. So I see no merit in retaining them for the nation.
The family should sell them privately to collectors, and date th ey to a cause she would have liked.

[Gromit]

The family should sell them privately to collectors, and donate the money to a cause that she would have supported.

[ToraToraTora]

well, unexpectedly, gromit demonstrates a sensible reply, well done for not joining in with the burning cross brigade.

[AB Editor]

Auction for private collections? There will be opportunities for shows in the future.

[Old_Geezer]

That's really strange; the VA must be under new management. They didn't want my old clobber either !

[-SharonA-]

/// By the way - no one is allowed to make any allusions to using them this Thursday. ///

Ok forget about Thursday, come Friday, I would burn them!!!!!!

[wolf63]

I liked Maggie - she had more balls than the rest of them, but I can't say that I remember her as having great fashion sense.

Public money shouldn't be spent on them - they are of no use to the country. If private individuals wish to purchase them they should be allowed to.

[jno]

the V&A is essentially about decorative arts. I find it hard to apply that label to anything of Maggie's - or of any other politician either.

[-Talbot-]

Where ever they decide to display them I wish they would hurry, the whole idea sounds thoroughly captivating.

[ToraToraTora]

it's not just clothes, there are various assorted memorabilia.

[Mamyalynne]

Suggestions of burning are incredibly wasteful and indicative of the throwaway society now.

I agree private collections would be interested.

[-Talbot-]

ooooh, it gets even better!

[jno]

there are lots of US presidental museums, TTT. (Similar to Chartwell.) If [people want to set up a Thatcher museum, they're welcome to do so, and include all the memorabilia they want - that would be a reasonable way of letting interested parties have a look at it.

I'd no more go to see it than go to a Blair museum; but as a champion of free enterprise, surely that's what she would have wanted?

[Cloverjo]

Mamyalynne, I don't think it's an indication of a throwaway society. It's more about how some people hated Thatcher and her policies.
I'm with them on that, but I don't advocate burning her clothes.

[mikey4444]

Try as I might, I really can't summon up much enthusiasm for thinking about what to do with her old clothes .

But I will say this...haven't the nations bag ladies got enough on their plate, without being mistaken for her when sleeping rough on our streets ?

[tonyav]

Burned and the ashes tipped down an uncapped coalmine shaft.