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Dress
Dress: a one-piece garment with bodice and skirt, and more broadly clothing and appearance for an occasion. Covers word history, social meaning, silhouettes from the beadnet dress to the terno, and museum collections.
Dress shirt
Dress shirt: a man's shirt for wear with tie and jacket, sized by collar, with stiffened collar, buttoned cuffs, and full placket; formerly underwear, now business and formal wear; formal variant has bib front and French cuffs.
Dupatta
Dupatta (दुपट्टा/دوپٹہ), also called odhani or chunni, is a 2–2.5 m unstitched South Asian scarf worn with salwar kameez and lehenga, from Vedic uttariya roots, serving modesty, ritual, and fashion roles.
Durag
A durag, also spelled do-rag or doo-rag, is a snug fabric cap, typically silk or satin, worn to train 360 waves and preserve hairstyles; it became a symbol of Black style.
Duster (clothing)
Duster (clothing), also called duster coat: a long, loose, lightweight overcoat protecting clothes from dust during train and early automobile travel, typically linen in plain tan shades, later a housecoat, oilskin drover coat, or fashion item.
Dutta Samant
Dutta Samant (दत्ता सामंत), also spelled Datta Samant, "Doctorsaheb", was an Indian doctor-turned-trade-union leader who led the 1982-83 Bombay textile strike of about 250,000 mill workers, won seats as MLA and MP, and was assassinated in Mumbai in 1997.
Dydoe
Dydoe: a male genital piercing through the corona (rim) of the glans penis, usually done in pairs. Name coined by Doug Malloy from "doodad"; anatomy-dependent, prone to migration and rejection, with disputed healing times (6-8 weeks to 2-4 months).
Early medieval European dress
Early medieval European dress, also called early medieval clothing, is the clothing of Europe from roughly the fifth to the twelfth century, built on wool and linen tunics whose color and trim signaled wealth and status.
Eccles, Kent
Eccles is a village in the Medway valley in the parish of Aylesford, Kent, England, best known for the large Romano-British villa excavated at Rowe Place Farm from 1962.
ECCO
ECCO (ECCO Sko A/S), Danish family-owned footwear company founded 1963 by Karl and Birte Toosbuy in Bredebro; vertically integrated from tanneries to retail, known for direct-injection comfort shoes, BIOM golf line, and 101-country distribution.
Eddie Bauer
Eddie Bauer, Inc. is an American outdoor clothing and gear brand founded in Seattle in 1920, known for the Skyliner, the first patented down jacket in America.
Edith Flagg
Edith Flagg (born Edith Feuerstein, 1919-2014) was a Romanian-born American fashion designer and Holocaust survivor who founded Edith Flagg, Inc. in Los Angeles, pioneered polyester (Crimplene) fashion imports, and later appeared as "Granny Edith" on Million Dollar Listing.
Edith Head
Edith Head, born Edith Claire Posener (1897–1981), was an American costume designer who worked on more than 1,000 films and won a record eight Academy Awards.
Edition (book)
Edition (book): the set of all copies printed from one setting of type; distinct from printing (impression), issue, and state. Covers first-edition identification, book club editions, MARC 250/ISBN cataloging, and collecting value.
Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal (b. 1964, Nottingham) is a British ceramic artist and writer known for porcelain vessel installations, library of exile, and the memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010); CBE 2021, Windham-Campbell Prize 2015.
Egyptian cultural dress
Egyptian cultural dress: linen-based pharaonic clothing, the galabeya, Nubian thobe al-das, Sinai tobe, and regional costumes, plus modern shifts to Western dress and the 1970s hijab return.
Egyptian faience
Egyptian faience, also called glazed composition, is a non-clay ceramic of crushed quartz with a soda-rich glaze, first made in the Badarian Culture (c. 5500–4000 BCE) and glazed by efflorescence, cementation, or application.
Elaine Irwin
Elaine Irwin, American fashion model discovered in 1985 in Pennsylvania, Seventeen cover model, 1992 Harper's Bazaar supermodel group, married John Mellencamp 1992, returned to Ralph Lauren runways 2022-2024.
Eleanor Burns
Eleanor Burns (born 1945, Pennsylvania), founder of Quilt in a Day, American quilting teacher and author of the Log Cabin Pattern book (1978); known for strip piecing, PBS TV series since 1990, and 2012 Quilters Hall of Fame induction.
Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, also Elettra Wiedemann, born 1983 in New York, is an American model, food writer, and Mama Farm director; daughter of Isabella Rossellini, Lancôme spokesmodel from 2006, LSE biomedicine master's, founder of One Frickin Day.
Eli Russell Linnetz
Eli Russell Linnetz (born 1990) is an American writer, director, and designer, founder of the Venice Beach label ERL (2018), Dior Men guest designer 2022, Karl Lagerfeld Prize winner, and Pitti Uomo 104 guest designer.
Elie Saab (ايلي صعب)
Elie Saab (ايلي صعب), born 1964 in Beirut, is a Lebanese fashion designer and founder of the ELIE SAAB haute couture house, famous for embellished red-carpet gowns, bridal wear, the 2002 Halle Berry Oscar dress, and the 2026 H&M collaboration.
Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management, founded in Paris in 1972 by John Casablancas, is an international modeling agency network behind Elite Model Look and the supermodel era, now part of Elite World Group with offices worldwide.
Elle Evans
Elle Evans (Lindsey Gayle Evans, born 1989), American model and actress, Playboy Playmate October 2009, star of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video, ex-wife of Muse's Matt Bellamy; distinct from the pen name, brand, and athlete of the same name.
Elle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Gow, 1964) is an Australian supermodel nicknamed "The Body" by Time in 1986, a record five-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model, and founder of Elle Macpherson Intimates and the wellness brand WelleCo.
Ellesse
Ellesse (elle esse, from founder Leonardo Servadio's initials L.S.) is an Italian sportswear brand founded in Perugia in 1959, known for ski trousers, the Jet Pant, the half-ball logo, and 1980s tennis sponsorships of Chris Evert and Boris Becker; owned by Pentland since 1994.
Elsa Hosk
Elsa Hosk, Swedish model and entrepreneur (born 1988, Stockholm), former Victoria's Secret Angel (2015) who wore the 2018 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra, and founder of the Helsa fashion label sold via Revolve and Fwrd.
Elsa Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), Italian-born Paris couturière and founder of the House of Schiaparelli (1927), famed for Surrealist collaborations with Dalí and Cocteau, rival of Coco Chanel; house closed 1954, revived under Daniel Roseberry.
Embroiderers' Guild
The Embroiderers' Guild is a British educational charity founded in 1906 by sixteen ex-students of the Royal School of Needlework, first called the Needlework Association and renamed in 1920 under Louisa Pesel. It holds an 11,000-piece collection, publishes Embroidery and Stitch, and runs UK stitch groups, scholarships, and Young Embroiderers.
Embroiderers' Guild of America
The Embroiderers' Guild of America (EGA) is a 501(c)(3) needlework education organization founded in 1958 in New York as a branch of the London guild, independent since 1970, with 220 chapters, Louisville headquarters, and teacher, judge, and Master Craftsman certification programs.