By refusing the clothes in which Maggie entranced and terrorised the nation,the museum has snubbed a moment in style history on a par with Bowie’s platformsOnce in a generation a museum fails to seize a masterpiece and regrets the choice for ever. In the 1920s, the Louvre missed the chance to purchase Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and thus allowed one of Picasso’s greatest paintings to go to New York and become a treasure of the Museum of contemporary Art. Now, and the V&A has rejected an opportunity to add another kind of contemporary masterpiece to its collection – the outfits of Margaret Thatcher. Related: V&A rejects offer to showcase Margaret Thatcher's clothing Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com