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This study aimed to analyze the clothing style in Michael Jackson's music videos from four of his major albums, Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and History: Past, Present and Future-Book 1 (1995). This study analyzed clothing style by capturing images from the music videos of 24 songs. Michael Jackson's style was divided into four categories; glam rock, minimal, natural and retro. First, the glam rock style was composed of a patent red jumper, black leather jacket, belt, belt trimmings, and close-fitted or loose fitted fashion. This style correlates with a strong male figure represented in the music videos. Second, the minimal style was composed of a basic suit, simple pants with a minimal shirt in multi-colors, a bow tie or slim tie, and black and white colors, and this style was the predominant style in the album, Dangerous. This style was an extension of the music genre of Michael Jackson, and in particular a new male pop star image, emphasizing neutral, soft, sexy manliness reflected through fashion. Third, the natural style was composed of a loose fitted or tropical print shirt, a vivid tone t-shirt and jeans, see-through and inner wear fashion, grungy style long shirts, and an arm brace that is used to treat carpal tunnel syndrome. This style became an important tool for representing his own critical ideology against American society. Forth, the retro style was composed of the space look of the 60s, an Egyptian historical empire costume, a body-conscious style using latex, and an early 20th century military look. Michael Jackson’s retro style represented various times and genres, contrary to the other three styles.