2,179 articles
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier, born 1952 in Arcueil, is the French couturier who founded his Paris label in 1976, created Madonna's cone-bra corsets, skirts for men, and the Le Male fragrance, opened a couture house in 1997, designed for Hermès 2004-2010, and retired from the runway in January 2020.
Jean Shrimpton
Jean Shrimpton (born 1942), English model of Swinging London, called an early supermodel by TIME in 1971; muse and partner of photographer David Bailey 1960–1964, star of the 1962 "Young Idea Goes West" Vogue shoot and the 1965 Melbourne Cup minidress scandal, retired to Penzance in 1976.
Jean-Luc Brunel
Jean-Luc Brunel (1946-2022), French modeling agent and head of Karin Models and MC2 Model Management, close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, charged in France with raping a minor, found hanged in La Santé prison in 2022.
Jeana Keough
Jeana Keough (born Jean Myers, 1955) is an American reality TV personality, realtor, and former Playboy Playmate (November 1980, as Jeana Tomasino) and ZZ Top video model; an original Real Housewives of Orange County cast member (2006–2010), diagnosed with tongue cancer in July 2026.
Jeanne Lanvin
Jeanne Lanvin (1867–1946) was a French couturière who founded the house of Lanvin, described as the oldest couture house still operating, beginning with a hat shop in 1889.
Jeans
Jeans: riveted denim trousers patented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss in 1873, evolved from Genoese "jean" fabric and Nîmes denim workwear into a global casual garment, now scrutinized for water and chemical use.
Jenn Sterger
Jenn Sterger, the "FSU Cowgirl" of the 2005 FSU-Miami broadcast, is an American comedian, podcaster, and former Jets sideline reporter involved in the 2010 Brett Favre sexting scandal, later featured in the 2025 Netflix documentary Untold: The Fall of Favre.
Jenny Beavan
Jenny Beavan, British costume designer (no native-script name), three-time Oscar winner for A Room with a View, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Cruella; longtime Merchant Ivory and John Bright collaborator.
Jenny Boyd
Jenny Boyd (Helen Mary Boyd, born 1947, Guildford, Surrey) is an English former 1960s model, sister of Pattie Boyd, muse for Donovan's "Jennifer Juniper", twice wife of Mick Fleetwood, and later a psychologist and author of Musicians in Tune and the memoir Jennifer Juniper.
Jenny Shimizu
Jenny Shimizu (ジェニー・シミズ), born 1967, San Jose, California, is an American model and actress, face of Calvin Klein's CK One, first Asian model to walk Prada, Foxfire actress, married to Michelle Harper.
Jeremy Meeks
Jeremy Ray Meeks (born 1984), the American "Hot Felon" fashion model and actor, went viral in June 2014 when Stockton police posted his mugshot; after a 27-month federal firearms sentence he signed with White Cross Management, debuted at Philipp Plein's 2017 NYFW show, and published the 2024 memoir Model Citizen.
Jeremy Scott
Jeremy Scott, American fashion designer from Kansas City, Missouri, founder of his 1997 Paris label and Moschino creative director 2013-2023, known for pop-culture satire, McDonald's and Barbie collections, and Adidas collaborations.
Jerry Hall
Jerry Hall, American model and actor born 1956 in Texas; discovered at 16 in St. Tropez, Roxy Music Siren cover 1975, partner of Bryan Ferry and Mick Jagger, wife of Rupert Murdoch 2016–2022.
Jerry Lorenzo
Jerry Lorenzo (Jerry Lorenzo Manuel Jr.), American designer who founded luxury streetwear label Fear of God in 2013 with $14,000, plus Essentials and Adidas-partnered Athletics; independent brand with $200–300 million revenue.
Jersey (fabric)
Jersey fabric: a single-knit weft fabric (also plain knit, stockinette) with smooth V-shaped face, looped back, curling cut edges, and crosswise stretch; named for the Channel Island of Jersey and moved into fashion by Chanel in 1916.
Jessica Gomes
Jessica Gomes (born 1985, Perth) is an Australian model of Chinese and Portuguese descent, an eight-time Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model (2008-2015), former David Jones face, Korean TV personality, and founder of the skincare brand Equal Beauty.
Jessica Nigri
Jessica Nigri, also known as Jessie Nigri, is an American–New Zealand cosplayer who rose to fame in 2009 with a viral "sexy Pikachu" costume at San Diego Comic-Con.
Jessica White
Jessica White (born 1984, Buffalo, New York) is an American model and actress, a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue regular since 2003, Maybelline and CoverGirl face, Victoria's Secret model, and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast member.
Jester
Jester, also called court fool: a performer retained by monarchs and nobles for entertainment, wit, and licensed mockery, documented from 7th-century BCE China to Persian and European courts, declining in the 18th century.
Jeulmun pottery
Jeulmun pottery (빗살무늬토기), also called Chulmun or comb-pattern pottery, is the geometrically decorated earthenware of the Korean Neolithic, made from about 8000 BC to the 1st century BC.
Jewish hat
The Jewish hat (Judenhut, pileus cornutus) was the pointed cone headdress of medieval European Jewish men, at first worn voluntarily as a Jewish symbol, then legally imposed in German-speaking lands from about 1250 to 1750 after the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215, before declining by 1500 in favor of the yellow badge.
Jewish religious clothing
Jewish religious clothing: tzitzit and tallit, kippah, tzniut modest dress, and married women's hair covering, plus Shabbat and holiday garments, shatnez law, and Hasidic dress adapted from Eastern European fashion.
Jhane Barnes
Jhane Barnes, born Jane Barnes in Phoenix, Maryland, is an American menswear and textile designer who founded her company in 1976, won the 1980 COTY award, pioneered computer- and mathematics-driven woven fabrics, and ended menswear in 2013 to focus on contract interiors.
Jiang Rong
Jiang Rong, art name Linfeng (林凤), was a Chinese Yixing zisha potter known for naturalistic flower ware teapots and as the first woman China Arts and Crafts Master.
Jilbāb (جلباب)
Jilbāb (جلباب, plural jalābīb): loose outer garment named in Quran 33:59; classical jurists define it as wider than the khimar; regional forms include the Egyptian galabiya, Moroccan jellaba, and Indonesian headscarf.
Jill Goodacre
Jill Goodacre (Jill Goodacre Connick), American model and actress born 1965 in Lubbock, Texas; leading Victoria's Secret catalogue model of the 1980s-early 1990s, appeared in Friends, married Harry Connick Jr. in 1994, breast cancer survivor and screening advocate.
Jill Vedder
Jill Vedder, born Jill Kristin McCormick in 1977, is an American philanthropist, activist, and former fashion model who co-founded and chairs the EB Research Partnership and is married to Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
Jim Thompson (designer)
Jim Thompson (James H.W. Thompson, 1906–1967), American architect and former OSS officer who founded the Thai Silk Company, revived Thai silk weaving, built the Jim Thompson House museum, and vanished in Malaysia in 1967.
Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo (周仰杰), born 1948 in Penang, Malaysia, is the cobbler-trained designer of handmade women's shoes favored by Princess Diana, co-founder of the 1996 luxury brand sold in 2001, now part of Capri Holdings.
Jirai-kei and ryōsan-gata fashion
Jirai-kei (地雷系, landmine style) and ryōsan-gata (量産型, mass-produced type) are related Japanese youth fashions: jirai-kei mixes black-pink girly clothes with sick-cute crying makeup, born in Kabukichō; ryōsan-gata is trend-conforming sweet girly dress for oshi-katsu, now spreading to China and Western e-commerce.