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Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen (Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969–2010), British fashion designer and founder of the 1992 London label, Savile Row-trained, Givenchy head designer from 1996, creator of the bumster trouser and Highland Rape, subject of Savage Beauty.
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty was a retrospective exhibition of the designer's 1992-2010 work at the Met (2011, record 661,509 visitors) and the V&A (2015, over 480,000 tickets, its most popular show ever).
Alexander Wang (designer)
Alexander Wang (王大仁), born 1983 in San Francisco, is an American fashion designer who founded his eponymous label in 2005, defined the model-off-duty look, led Balenciaga 2012–2015, collaborated with H&M in 2014, faced 2020 sexual assault allegations, and returned to NYFW in 2025.
Alexandre Mattiussi
Alexandre Mattiussi (born 1980) is the French designer, Duperré-trained, ex-Dior, Marc Jacobs, and Givenchy, who founded the AMI Paris ready-to-wear label in 2010, won ANDAM 2013, and grew it into an international house now owned by Sequoia Capital China.
Alexis Ren
Alexis Ren (Alexis René Glabach, born 1996, Santa Monica) is an American model and actress who went viral on Tumblr and Instagram, was SI Swimsuit 2018 Rookie of the Year, placed fourth on Dancing with the Stars, and founded We Are Warriors and Sereia.
Alice Kettle
Alice Kettle, British textile artist and Emeritus Professor of Textile Arts at Manchester School of Art, known for monumental figurative machine embroidery and the Thread Bearing Witness migration project.
Allison Harvard
Allison Harvard (Allison Elizabeth Harvard, later Burke), aka Creepy Chan, American model, artist, and photographer; runner-up on America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 (2009, lost to Teyona Anderson) and Cycle 17 All-Stars (2011, lost to Lisa D'Amato after Angelea Preston's disqualification).
AllSaints
AllSaints is a British contemporary fashion brand founded in 1994 in East London by Kait Bolongaro and Stuart Trevor, known for leather jackets and the Ramskull logo, now owned via Klotho Brands and led creatively by Aaron Esh.
Alodia Gosiengfiao
Alodia Gosiengfiao (Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao-Quimbo, born 1988) is a Filipina cosplayer dubbed the Philippines' Queen of Cosplay, co-founder of Tier One Entertainment, Dragon's Dogma 2 pawn, and esports award winner.
Aloha
Aloha is the Hawaiian word for hello, goodbye, love, and affection, and a core Native Hawaiian value of compassion and grace. Also names aloha wear: holokū, muʻumuʻu, and the aloha shirt, born in multiethnic Hawaiʻi from the 1820s onward.
Aloha shirt
Aloha shirt (also Hawaiian shirt): casual short-sleeved printed shirt from Hawai'i, born 1920s–30s Honolulu from kimono fabric and immigrant tailoring; known for Aloha Friday, rayon silkies, and makers like Ellery Chun and Reyn Spooner.
Alok Industries
Alok Industries Limited (BSE: 521070, NSE: ALOKINDS) is a vertically integrated Indian textile maker in home textiles, yarn, fabric, garments, and polyester, promoted by Reliance Industries since FY-2020 after a 2019 NCLT resolution; not the Ahmedabad dye firm.
Althea McNish
Althea McNish (1924–2020), Trinidadian-British textile designer, first Caribbean designer of international recognition; creator of Golden Harvest, fabrics for Liberty, Dior, and Queen Elizabeth II's 1966 Trinidad tour wardrobe.
Alyssa Miller
Alyssa Miller (born 1989, Los Angeles) is an American fashion model, a 2010 Guess campaign face, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model from 2011, and Vogue cover model; distinct from the actress Alyssa Marie Miller and the cybersecurity researcher of the same name.
Amalgamated Weavers' Association
Amalgamated Weavers' Association (Weavers' Amalgamation, AWA), British trade union founded May 1884 as the Northern Counties Amalgamated Association of Weavers; federated Lancashire cotton weavers' unions, led the 1930-31 more looms dispute, and merged into the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union in 1974.
Amanda Lepore
Amanda Lepore, born 1967 in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, is an American transgender model, singer, and performance artist, muse of David LaChapelle, Club Kids alumna, author of Doll Parts (2017), and Balenciaga Summer 2024 runway model.
Amazon Eve
Amazon Eve is Erika Ervin (born 1979), the 6 ft 8 in American model Guinness World Records named tallest professional model in 2011, a Zoo Weekly cover star and American Horror Story actress who is a transgender advocate.
Amber Lancaster
Amber Leigh Lancaster (born 1980, Tacoma, Washington) is an American model, actress, and interior designer, a Price Is Right model since 2008 and Jenny Swanson on MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Berger; distinct from the Chicago chef of the same name.
Amber Rose
Amber Rose (Amber Levonchuck), Philadelphia-born model, TV personality, and activist; rose to fame via 2008 'Put On' video, led SlutWalk anti-slut-shaming campaign, wrote How to Be a Bad Bitch, and spoke for Trump at the 2024 RNC.
Amber Smith
Amber Smith names several Americans: model-actress Amber Lee Smith (born 1971, Tampa), SI Swimsuit 1993-94, Esquire's first Vargas Girl, Celebrity Rehab; plus Army pilot-commentator Amber Lane Smith and YA novelist Amber Smith.
Amber Valletta
Amber Valletta, a member of the Cherokee Nation, is an American supermodel and environmental advocate who rose to prominence in the 1990s.
Amer Sports
Amer Sports: global sports and outdoor brand group (Arc'teryx, Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Peak Performance). Founded 1950 in Finland as a tobacco firm; ANTA-led consortium buyout 2019; NYSE-listed since February 1, 2024; 2025 revenue $6.6 billion, up 27%.
American Apparel
American Apparel is an American basics clothing brand founded by Dov Charney, famous for Los Angeles sweatshop-free manufacturing and provocative ads; bankrupt in 2015 and 2016, it is now owned by Gildan Activewear.
American Eagle Outfitters
American Eagle Outfitters is an American specialty apparel retailer, founded in 1977 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, that sells casual clothing and denim under its American Eagle and Aerie brands.
American Gold Eagle
American Gold Eagle (AGE): official US Mint 22-karat gold bullion coin since 1986, authorized by the 1985 Gold Bullion Coin Act and Liberty Coin Act, in 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/10 oz sizes with $50 to $5 face values and a government purity guarantee.
American Silver Eagle
American Silver Eagle, the official one-ounce silver bullion dollar of the United States Mint, first struck October 29, 1986 under the Liberty Coin Act; 99.9% silver, Weinman Walking Liberty obverse, bullion, proof, and burnished finishes.
American Textile History Museum
American Textile History Museum (ATHM), also Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, was a Lowell, Massachusetts museum of American textile industry history, founded 1960, closed 2016, collections dispersed to Cornell and others.
Ami James (עמי ג'יימס)
Ami James (עמי ג'יימס), born 1972, is an Israeli-born tattoo artist, co-owner of Love Hate Tattoos in Miami Beach, star of TLC's Miami Ink and NY Ink, and co-founder of Tattoodo.
Amigurumi (編みぐるみ)
Amigurumi (あみぐるみ, 編み包み) is the Japanese craft of small knitted or crocheted stuffed yarn figures, usually crocheted in spiral single-crochet rounds from a magic ring; popular in 1970s Japan, the English word dates to 2006.
Ampallang
Ampallang: a horizontal genital piercing through the glans penis, above or through the urethra; traditionally from Borneo and the Philippines (Kayan, palang), revived in the West in the 1970s; heals in months and requires an experienced piercer.