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The complete outfit consisted of a black wool hat, a khaki cotton shirt, the vest, cotton twill trousers and leather shoes. It reflected a style of ‘yardie’ dress worn by some Jamaican men in the 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. Due to the poverty endemic in the neighborhood, crime and gang violence became rife, leading the occupants of Trenchtown to be in part stigmatized by the term ‘yardie’. 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Crazy Clothes Connection was opened 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.\r\n\r\n'Yardie Jamaica 1980s. Khaki cotton shirt, string vest, cotton twill trousers, leather shoes.\r\nSome Jamaicans did military service in Castro’s Cuba. On returning to Jamaica they were comfortable in clothes which still had military overtones.\r\nCompiled by Derek Falconer, Crazy Clothes.'","briefDescription":"Vest, white cotton string, made in Great Britain, St Michael, 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 'Yardie Jamaica 1980s'."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.181-1994"],"accessionNumberNum":"181","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1994,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-09-10","recordCreationDate":"2007-08-01","availableToBook":true}}