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Dancehall style from the 1980s onward

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Dancehall is a way of dressing as much as a way of recording. From the 1980s the dance produced its own visual language — bought, made and worn to be seen, and later to be caught by the video light — with its own designers, its own economy and its own arguments about respectability. It changes faster than the music and is documented far less.

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Reggae Museum — Dancehall Style

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Clickable institutional essay for dancehall style context.

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Story · Well supportedClarks, fashion and dancehall style

From the rude boy's sharp suit to a Northamptonshire shoe that dancehall made its own, Jamaican music has always dressed itself, and the clothes carry the argument.

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