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The complete outfit consisted of a cotton batik head wrap; the blouse; a painted leather necklace; a cotton batik skirt and leather sandals. The outfit reflected a style of dress worn by UK Rastafarian women in the 1980s.\r\n\r\nThe Rastafarian movement started in Jamaica in the 1930s. Working-class Jamaicans were inspired by the anti-colonial teachings of Marcus Garvey, who sought an ‘Africa for the Africans’, and by the coronation of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari Makonnen). Followers of the movement rejected the trappings of western modernity. They wore clothes made of natural fibres and allowed their hair to form dreadlocks. \r\n\r\nThis Rastafarian woman’s outfit reflects the Afrocentrism of the movement. The batik textiles were originally printed in Indonesia before being produced in the UK for export to West Africa as well as for domestic consumption.","physicalDescription":"Cotton blouse printed with African-inspired design of African women in circular skirts and hats dancing outside hut-like structure.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"cotton (textile)","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[{"text":"printed","id":"AAT53319"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Printed cotton","categories":[{"text":"African Diaspora","id":"THES48873"},{"text":"Black History","id":"THES48989"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"},{"text":"Streetstyle exhibition 1994","id":"THES282706"},{"text":"Womenswear","id":"THES49044"},{"text":"Caribbean","id":"THES286921"}],"styles":[{"text":"Caribbean","id":"AAT107947"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2018LC0823","2006AT2870"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"016","id":"THES308292"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Blouse","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Jamaica","id":"x30045"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1980s","earliest":"1980-01-01","latest":"1989-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Registered File number 1994/516, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Rasta UK c1980' (includes the cotton batik fabric for headdress T.160-1995 and the cotton batik fabric for skirt T.160:1-1995).","historicalContext":"'Rasta UK c1980. Cotton batik head wrap; printed cotton top; leather and paint necklace; cotton batik skirt; leather sandals.\r\nThe Rasta woman is feminine and demure in her appearance. She clearly proclaims her African heritage by wearing batiks draped in the traditional manner. These batiked textiles were produced in Manchester for export to the African market as well as for domestic consumption.'\r\n\r\nThis garment was purchased as part of an ensemble from Crazy Clothes Connection, a vintage clothing shop in Notting Hill. Crazy Clothes Connection was opened on Lancaster Road in London's Notting Hill neighbourhood in the mid-1990s by Derek Falconer and his daughter Esther. The shop specialises in women’s and men’s clothing and accessories from the 1920s to the 1970s.","briefDescription":"Blouse, printed cotton, possibly Jamaica, 1980s","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 'Rasta UK c1980'."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.173-1994"],"accessionNumberNum":"173","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1994,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2007-04-11","availableToBook":true}}