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Carré Otis
Carré Otis (born 1968, San Francisco) is an American supermodel of the late 1980s and 1990s, star of Wild Orchid, and former wife of Mickey Rourke. Distinguished from other Carrés and Otises by her Elite-era modeling career, 2011 memoir Beauty Disrupted, and Model Alliance advocacy.
Carrie Stevens
Carrie Stevens, Miss June 1997 Playboy Playmate, American model and actress; Eric Carr's girlfriend 1987-1991; Black Scorpion and Rock Star; memoir Unrated (2020).
Carter's (company)
Carter's, Inc. is an American apparel company based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1865, that makes clothing exclusively for babies and young children under the Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh brands.
Cashmere wool
Cashmere wool, also called pashmina, is the fine undercoat of the cashmere goat, combed in spring moult, dehaired, under 19 microns; named for Kashmir, produced mainly in China and Mongolia.
Cassock
Cassock, also called soutane (French), is the ankle-length clerical robe of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican clergy, derived from the late Roman tunic, cut in Roman, Anglican, Jesuit, and cassock-alb styles, and colored by rank.
Casual wear
Casual wear is informal, comfort-focused clothing (jeans, T-shirts, sportswear) in cotton, denim, or jersey. Rooted in American sportswear of the 1910s–20s and casual Friday, it now dominates U.S. workplace dress and a large apparel market.
Cat lady
Cat lady: colloquial stereotype of a single, often older woman devoted to many cats, pejorative as "crazy cat lady". Roots in witchcraft trials, Georgian cartoons, and 1872 press; reclaimed since the 2010s by owners and celebrities like Taylor Swift.
Catawba Valley Pottery
Catawba Valley pottery: alkaline-glazed stoneware tradition of Catawba and Lincoln Counties, North Carolina, made by German-descended families in groundhog kilns; revived by Burlon Craig and continued by potters such as Kim Ellington and Charlie Lisk.
Cath Kidston
Cath Kidston, born Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston in 1958, is an English fashion designer and author whose floral-print lifestyle brand, founded in 1993, was sold to Next in 2023.
Celadon
Celadon (青瓷, qingci; seiji in Japanese): green-glazed ceramics colored by iron oxide fired in a reduction atmosphere. Originated in Han-dynasty Zhejiang, China; Korea's Goryeo dynasty developed kingfisher-green glazes and sanggam inlay; Longquan celadon is UNESCO-listed.
Celine (brand)
Celine (formerly Céline) is a French luxury fashion house founded in Paris in 1945 by Céline Vipiana as a children's shoe business, now LVMH-owned, led creatively by Michael Rider since January 2025 and known for the Triomphe bag and quiet-luxury style.
Ceramic art
Ceramic art (陶艺) is artistic work in fired clay, from pottery and porcelain vessels to sculptural and conceptual pieces. Distinguished by glaze chemistry, kiln firing at 700–1350°C, Chinese porcelain priority, and the 1980s modern taoyi movement.
Chador (چادر)
Chador (چادر), also chadar: the semicircular, sleeveless full-body cloak worn over the head by Iranian women, open at the front and held closed by hand; distinct from the maghna'eh and abaya, banned 1936, compulsory after 1979.
Chain stitch
The chain stitch, also known as the tambour stitch or point de chainette, is an embroidery stitch producing interlocking loops like a chain, worked since Tutankhamun's tomb textiles.
Chamois leather
Chamois leather (セーム革) is soft, highly absorbent leather made from sheepskin flesh splits tanned by oxidation of marine (cod) oils, originally from Alpine chamois skin; used for drying, polishing, and filtration, defined by BS 6715 and US CS 99-1970.
Champion (sportswear)
Champion (sportswear): American athleticwear brand founded 1919 in Rochester, New York, as Knickerbocker Knitting Mills by the Feinbloom family; inventor of the hooded sweatshirt and Reverse Weave; NBA outfitter 1989-2001; owned by Authentic Brands Group since 2024.
Chanderi sari
The Chanderi saree is a sheer, lightweight handwoven saree from Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, India, woven with silk warp, cotton weft, and gold or silver zari.
Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman Robinson, American supermodel (born Atlanta, raised Los Angeles) distinct from the Somali supermodel Iman; signed at 12, Vogue May 2007 cover, Victoria's Secret Angel, walked Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, acted in Dope (2015).
Chantilly lace
Chantilly lace is a French bobbin lace from the town of Chantilly, typically black silk with a fine hexagonal ground, outlined floral motifs, and half-stitch fillings; it peaked in the 19th century before machine imitations.
Charles & Keith
Charles & Keith, Singapore fashion label founded 1996 by Charles and Keith Wong, sells affordable women's shoes, bags, and accessories; nearly 700 stores in over 30 countries, Wong-family owned, sister brand Pedro.
Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895), English-born Parisian couturier, founder of the House of Worth at 7 rue de la Paix (1858), dressmaker to Empress Eugénie, credited as father of haute couture.
Charles Loloma
Charles Loloma (1921–1991) was a Hopi artist from Hotevilla, Arizona, considered the most influential Native American jeweler of the twentieth century, known for gold and varied stones.
Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt, also known as CT Shirts, is a British menswear retailer founded in 1986 by Nicholas Wheeler as a mail-order shirt business, now selling through stores in the UK, the US, and France.
Charlotte McKinney
Charlotte McKinney, American model and actress from Orlando, Florida; rose to fame in the Carl's Jr. 'Au Naturel' Super Bowl XLIX ad (February 1, 2015). Film credits include Baywatch, Flatliners, and Fantasy Island; later a stand-up comedian.
Charlotte Ronson
Charlotte Ronson (born c. 1977) is a London-born, New York-based fashion designer, twin sister of DJ Samantha Ronson and sister of Mark Ronson. She founded C. Ronson in 2000, relaunched it as Charlotte Ronson with Sanei International in 2005, and created the I Heart Ronson line for JCPenney.
Chasing (metalworking)
Chasing is a metalworking technique that uses small hardened steel punches and light hammer blows to create relief and fine detail by displacing rather than removing metal.
Chastity belt
Chastity belt: a locking genital-enclosure device famous as a supposed medieval instrument. Historians including Albrecht Classen show no medieval evidence exists; surviving examples are 18th-19th-century fakes and jokes; modern consensual BDSM devices are a separate category.
Check (pattern)
Check (pattern): a textile grid of symmetrical crossing warp and weft stripes in two or three colors, distinct from plaid and tartan. Variants include gingham, windowpane, Tattersall, houndstooth, and buffalo check.
Chelsea boot
Chelsea boot: laceless ankle boot with elastic side gussets and pull tab, patented in 1837 by Queen Victoria's bootmaker J. Sparkes-Hall; named for London's Chelsea in the 1950s-60s and popularized by the Beatles' Cuban-heeled Anello & Davide Beatle boot.
Chelsea Charms
Chelsea Charms (born 1976, Minneapolis) is the stage name of an American big-bust model and exotic dancer who claimed the world's largest augmented breasts via banned polypropylene string implants, appeared on This Morning in 2011, and was sculpted by Marc Quinn.