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The complete outfit consisted of a black Kangol hat; a Gabicci wool cardigan with suede trim (Italy); a silk shirt; a gold necklace with a Nefertiti head pendant; crimplene Farah trousers and these shoes. The outfit reflected a ‘yardie’ style of dress worn by some British men in the early 1980s.\r\n\r\nThe term ‘yardie’ derives from the slang name given to occupants of government yards in Trenchtown, a neighbourhood in West Kingston, Jamaica. Trenchtown was originally built as a housing project following devastation caused by Hurricane Charlie in 1951. The poverty and crime experienced by many residents led to them becoming known as ‘yardies’, a stigma which yardie style sought to challenge.\r\n\r\nEmigration in the 1960s brought yardie style to the UK where it grew increasingly label conscious. Desirable and much worn items include Farah trousers, Gabicci cardigans (‘Yardie cardies’), and shoes by Bally and Pierre Cardin. Jewellery was central to the style, and thick gold rope chains with Nefertiti heads, cannabis leaves, onyx medallions and sovereigns were favourite pieces.","physicalDescription":"Black leather lace-up shoes.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Bally","id":"A19964"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Leather","categories":[{"text":"African Diaspora","id":"THES48873"},{"text":"Black History","id":"THES48989"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Men's clothes","id":"THES49043"},{"text":"Streetstyle exhibition 1994","id":"THES282706"},{"text":"Caribbean","id":"THES286921"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2019LJ7372","2006AT2852"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES326166"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES326166"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Shoe","id":""}],[{"text":"Shoe","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"retailed","id":"x30772"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1994","earliest":"1994-01-01","latest":"1994-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the manufacturer","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Registered File number 1995/1594, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Yardie UK early 1980s' (includes the trousers T.598-1994, the cardigan T.935-1994 and the shoes T.659-1995).\n\nThis outfit was compiled with the advice of the V&A's security staff for the Streetstyle exhibition of 1994-1995.","historicalContext":"'Black hat, Kangol; wool cardigan with suede trim, Gabicci, Italian; silk shirt; gold metal necklace with Neferetti head pendant; crimplene trousers, Farah; leather shoes, Bally.\r\nThe British yardie’s clothing is smart and body and label conscious. Desirable and much worn items include Farah trousers, Gabicci cardigans, ‘Yardie cardies’, and shoes by Bally and Pierre Cardin. Jewellery was central to the style, and thick gold rope chains with Neferetti heads, cannabis leaves, onyx medallions and sovereigns were favourite pieces. Trousers given by Farah.\r\nCompiled with the advice of the V&A’s security staff.'","briefDescription":"Shoes, black leather, Bally, London, Great Britain, 1994","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 'Yardie UK early 1980s'."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.659:1-1995","T.659:2-1995"],"accessionNumberNum":"659","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1995,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Shoe [1]","Shoe [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2007-05-22","availableToBook":true}}