London's V&A has acquired a pink hat with cat-shaped ears, which became a symbol of the Women's March on Washington following Donald Trump's inauguration.
The Pussyhat was acquired through the art and design museum's Rapid Response Collecting programme, with the acquisition announced today to tie in with International Women's Day.

Designed by Jayna Zweiman and Krista Suh, it was intended to be worn by people attending the worldwide marches for women's rights, which took place the day after Trump's inauguration.
Hoping to turn the Women's March into a "sea of pink", Zweiman and Suh devised a simple pattern with pointy ears that would be made from pink wool.
The cat ear detailing was in reference to a recording of Trump released during the election campaign, in which he claimed "to grab [women] by the pussy".
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The pattern was then posted online, allowing those marching at the event to make their own knitted hat.
The project rapidly gained global support, becoming an "immediately recognisable expression of female solidarity", according to Corinna Gardner ? acting keeper of the design, architecture and digital department.
"This modest pink hat is a material thing that through its design enables us to raise questions about our current political and social circumstance," said t...