Fashion statement

In Competition No. 2981 you were invited to submit a poem about a politician and an item of clothing.
 
Michael Foot’s donkey jacket; Harold Wilson’s Gannex mac; William Hague’s baseball cap; Hillary’s pantsuit: all featured in what was a cracking entry. I especially enjoyed Fiona Pitt-Kethley opening line on Theresa May’s leathers: ‘Her look’s more S&M than M&S…’ There were strong performances, too, from Jennifer Moore, Anne Woolfe, Albert Black, Tony Reardon, Dorothy Pope and Derek Greenwood.
 
The winners, printed below, are rewarded with £25 each. The bonus fiver is Chris O’Carroll’s.
 

She’s a woman for all weather,
Legs resplendent in fine leather.
Has she flayed some fallen foe and tanned his hide?
 
There’s no fashionista like her —
Half Posh Spice, half outlaw biker,
See her girded for a PM’s jarring ride.
 
See the wardrobe of a Tory
Leader rate a front-page story
When leadership’s a female occupation.
 
Her ensemble is a chic one,
Not a cheap, too-shiny sleek one.
How her snug look chafes at our imagination!
 
How the supple calfskin’s glowing!
How a niche in history’s growing
As every mind’s thigh feels the irritation.