"It may be a style, but it's not a fad"

On the 28^th October 2013 Boy George opened his Twitter to a 45-minuet question and answer session, ‪#AskBoyGeorge. I decided to ask the question “What would you say was your favourite outfit you wore from the 1980s?” and to my disbelief he replied, “the dreadlocked hair piece, I still have it at home J” prompting me to consider the intertextuality of the dreadlock.      

Perhaps the first thing that springs to mind is Rastafari worship, with the image of Bob Marley signing ‘no woman no cry’ in the front of my mind. However Rastafarians consider the dreadlock to be spiritual not a fashion statement. This is supported in the Bible, “They shall not make baldness upon their head” Leviticus 21:5.