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OCR: BLACK BRITISH V&l STYLE 7 October 2004 - 16 January 2005 From celebrity to Rasta, street wear to Sunday dressing, Black British Style looks at fashion and styling across all aspects of black life and culture over the past 50 years. The exhibition explores clothes and the bodies that wear them, looking at not only what is worn but how. Black people aren't exclusively the ones to turn heads on the street but it is the attention to detail in the art of dressing that makes these styles so significant. Historical roots, cultural difference, a pleasure in femininity, masculinity or sexuality, and the unrestrained desire for the ingenuity of designer clothes have all influenced the way black people in Britain dress. The exhibition at the V&A is the first of its kind in the UK and highlights the v ...