RETURN OF THE RUDEBOY (ANTENNE) (HB)

Originating from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1950s, Rudeboy or Rudie came to represent the young rebels who wore distinctively sharp sartorial styles such as Mohair suits, thin ties and pork pie hats, revived in the 1980s by the Two-Tone music movement. This book contains unseen images, essays on Rudeboy heritage and culture as well as references to the curated spaces at the 2014 Somerset House exhibition. Created and curated by prolific photographer, Dean Chalkley and creative director Harris Elliott, showcases a sartorial subculture through a series of portraits, installations and set pieces. Over the course of a year the duo photographed over 60 sharply dressed individuals from across the UK, all of whom embody the essence of what it is to be a Rudeboy (or Rudie) in the 21st century.