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It was displayed in the V&A's Streetstyle exhibition of 1994-95 to represent lesbian style of 1993-94.\r\n\r\nThere are various terms used within the gay community to describe particular styles of dress and appearance. For example, \"butch\" may be used to describe an exaggerated masculinity in both male and female dress. Inge's friends described her style as \"butch-dandy\", because she wore men's jackets, shirts and trousers, but with flamboyant ties and cuff links. She acknowledged her African ancestry with dreadlocked hair and brightly coloured head-wraps, and also wore lipstick.\r\n\r\nInge used her clothes to make political statements about race and sexuality. She said: \"My clothes carry codes for my sexuality which will be too subtle for those narrow minded people who find lipstick, dreadlocks and a black skin incompatible with lesbianism.\"","physicalDescription":"Men's trousers in checked mixed fibre.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"fibre","id":"AAT14024"}],"techniques":[{"text":"woven","id":"AAT53642"},{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Mixed fibre","categories":[{"text":"Gender and Sexuality","id":"THES48940"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"},{"text":"African Diaspora","id":"THES48873"},{"text":"Womenswear","id":"THES49044"},{"text":"Streetstyle exhibition 1994","id":"THES282706"},{"text":"Men's clothes","id":"THES49043"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2018LC0878","2006AJ7583","2006AT5417"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"016","id":"THES308088"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Trousers","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1990","earliest":"1990-01-01","latest":"1990-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Registered File number 1994/1527, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Lesbian Style UK 1993-4' (includes the boxer shorts T.714-1994, the trousers T.709-1994, the jacket T.710-1994, the shirt T.711-1994, the cuff links T.717-1994, the boots T.715-1994, the socks T.716-1994 and the scarf T.713-1994).\r\nThis outfit was worn by a butch black lesbian. It was displayed in the V&A's Streetstyle exhibition of 1994-95 to represent masculine lesbian style.\r\n\r\nThere are various terms used within the LGBTQ community to describe particular styles of dress and appearance. For example, \"butch\" may be used to describe a masculine style and gender identification in queer men and women.  The wearer's friends described her style as \"butch-dandy\", because she wore men's jackets, shirts and trousers, but with flamboyant ties and cuff links. The wearer acknowledged her African ancestry with dreadlocked hair and brightly coloured head-wraps, and also wore lipstick, favouring MAC Viva Glam because it raised money and awareness for HIV and AIDS. \r\n\r\n\r\nThe wearer used her clothes to make political statements about race and sexuality. She said, ‘My clothes carry codes for my sexuality which will be too subtle for those narrow minded people who find lipstick, dreadlocks and a black skin incompatible with lesbianism. My friends describe my style as butch-dandy: classic men's jackets, flamboyant ties, cuff links, bright head-wraps, and of course, lipstick! I wear dreadlocks to show respect for my African ancestry. My clothes carry codes for my sexuality which will be too subtle for those narrow minded people who find lipstick, dreadlocks and a black skin incompatible with lesbianism’.\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Trousers, grey checked mixed fibre, British, 1990","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties","id":"AUTH352425"},"details":"","free":"Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Lesbian Style UK 1993-4'."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Ready to wear","id":"THES48866"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.709-1994"],"accessionNumberNum":"709","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1994,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-31","recordCreationDate":"2011-01-07","availableToBook":true}}