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TIL ABBA's tour costumes were designed by Owe Sandström in close consultation with the band, and national costumes (Japanese, Latin American) were inspirations. ABBA had duplicates of each outfit and the backing musicians and singers had costumes, so a few hundred costumes went on tour

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