Women Fashion Power

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It is no coincidence that dress and success rhyme. Or maybe it is, however, but it's indisputable that the two have always gone hand-in-smartly-gloved-hand. Even colour has, traditionally, the ability to incite power, with all but the upper levels banned from sporting purple under Elizabeth I, while Paris Hilton insists nothing is more empowering than, um, a tiara.

But our fore-mothers fought for more roles for women than varying degrees of princess - which is, of course what this month was all about: a celebration of women all around the world, and what they have achieved. Which made me all the more interested in the Design Museum's Women Fashion Power exhibition: a look at how influential women over the ages have used fashion as a visual language, to define and enhance their positions.

Alongside the sartorial stars, the exhibition showcases outfits of powerful women in the spheres of business and fashion, as well as politics and culture - a celebration of power players from Dames Zaha Hadid and Vivienne Westwood to Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo. Looking at how their attire makes up part of their workplace identity, it essentially asks whether it is time to reassess the role of fashion in the public sphere - not a frivolous distraction but an essential component of the working woman's toolkit. Women Fashion Power runs until 26 April so make sure you won't miss it. Here are some photos from my exciting visit the other day.
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