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Ouch Crew

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The Ouch Crew were a 1990s Kingston dancehall fashion-and-model crew founded around the Ouch boutique and designer Barbara 'Mama Ouch' Francis, known for tight metallic bodysuits, rhinestones and coordinated space-age looks. Frequently likened to the Spice Girls for their cohesive styling, their designs were worn by dancehall women including Lady Saw and Macka Diamond and featured in the films Dancehall Queen (1997) and Belly (1998), helping set the template for dancehall's high-glamour female aesthetic. Source note: Ssense and Jamrock Experience dancehall-fashion features.

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Dance, body & movementStyle, language, faith & wider culture

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Akeem Smith Builds an Experimental Archive of Jamaican Dancehall

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In stories

Story · ProbableThe crew era: Black Roses to Ouch

From a Waterhouse dance troupe to a fashion collective archived in art museums, Jamaica's street-dance crews built a lineage of their own.

Story · ProbableThe video light and the floss

When the camera came on, the dance began: how a handful of videographers turned being seen into the point of the party.