Bodysuit of Lies
Laugh, and the World Loses Grasp of the Facts
Although the opening was briefly marred by the Reagan Museum’s lost collections story, and by people actually recalling the era, Nancy Reagan’s dress show has returned her in triumph to the fashion pages.
Everyone loves America’s Widow!
In order to pull this off the actual history of her fashion habit has to be ignored.
In brief: she took clothing, only occasionally paid for it, lied about it, and kept sloppy records throughout Reagan’s two terms. Some details here.
The exhibit’s second hand clothes tribute to her masterful evasion of facts: