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JNCO
JNCO is a Los Angeles streetwear label founded in 1985 by the Revah brothers, best known for ultra-wide-leg jeans and graffiti-derived graphics that made it a popular youth brand of the 1990s.
Jo Wood
Jo Wood, born Josephine Karslake in 1955 in Basildon, Essex, is an English former model, photographer, and author, and founder of the organic skincare brand Jo Wood Organics.
Jo-Ann Stores
Jo-Ann Stores, later JOANN, was an American fabric and crafts retailer founded in 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Fabric Shop. It closed all about 800 stores in 2025 after two bankruptcies; Michaels bought its IP and brands.
Joan Schulze
Joan Schulze, American fiber artist, lecturer, and poet based in San Jose, California; pioneer of the art quilt movement known for photo-transfer collage quilts, the Renwick's The Crossing (1990), and the 2010 Poetic License retrospective.
Joan Smalls
Joan Smalls (Joan Smalls Rodriguez), born 1988 in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, is a supermodel and actress, first Latina face of Estée Lauder, former Models.com No. 1, Forbes top-earner, and John Wick: Chapter 2 cameo actress.
Joanna Krupa
Joanna Krupa (Joanna Krupa; born 1979, Warsaw) is a Polish-American model, actor, and reality-TV personality, star of The Real Housewives of Miami, fourth on Dancing with the Stars 2009, and since 2010 host and head judge of Poland's Top Model, known for PETA animal-rights campaigns.
Jockey International
Jockey International, also known as Coopers Inc., is an American maker of underwear, socks, and clothing headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin, founded in 1876 as a hosiery business.
Jockstraps in gay male culture
Jockstraps in gay male culture: the 1874 athletic supporter (invented by C.F. Bennett, Bike Athletic) adopted by gay men from the 1950s via physique magazines, Tom of Finland, and nightlife, now a mainstream menswear item.
Jodhpurs
Jodhpurs (jods): full-length riding trousers, full over the hips and tight from knee to ankle, invented in Jodhpur, India, around 1890 by Sir Pratap Singh from the churidar and popularized in London at the 1897 Diamond Jubilee.
Jodie Kidd
Jodie Kidd, English model and broadcaster, discovered in Barbados at 15, opened shows for McQueen and Galliano, raced Maserati four years, set a Top Gear lap record, played polo for England, and later ran a gastropub.
John Casablancas
John Casablancas (1942–2013) was an American modeling agent who founded Elite Model Management in Paris. He is primarily credited with creating the influential "supermodel" concept.
John Galliano
John Galliano, born John Charles Galliano in Gibraltar in 1960, is a British fashion designer who headed Christian Dior from 1996 to 2011 and Maison Margiela from 2014 to 2024.
John Henry Dearle
John Henry Dearle (1859–1932), also J.H. Dearle, was a British Arts and Crafts designer at Morris & Co., chief designer from 1890 and Art Director after Morris's 1896 death, creator of Golden Lily, Compton, and Blackthorn, long misattributed to William Morris.
John Lefelhocz
John Lefelhocz (born 1967) is an American conceptual artist based in Athens, Ohio, known for quilts made from non-textile materials such as bicycle chain links and pennies.
John Lewis & Partners
John Lewis & Partners: British department store chain founded 1864 on Oxford Street, employee-owned via the John Lewis Partnership since the 1929 and 1950 Trust Settlements; sibling of Waitrose; governed by Partnership Board, Chairman and Partnership Council.
John Varvatos
John Varvatos, American menswear designer (born 1954/1955, Detroit), ex-Calvin Klein and Polo Ralph Lauren, founder of the rock-inspired John Varvatos label, three-time CFDA winner, Under Armour design chief 2023-2025.
Joma
Joma, also known as Joma Sport, is a Spanish sportswear company founded in 1965 in Portillo de Toledo by Fructuoso López, selling in more than 120 countries.
Jōmon pottery
Jōmon pottery (縄文土器, Jōmon doki) is the earthenware of Japan's Jōmon period, marked by patterns pressed in with a twisted cord and among the world's oldest pottery.
Jon Kortajarena
Jon Kortajarena Redruello (born 1985, Bilbao) is a Spanish model and actor, discovered in Barcelona in 2003, fronted Tom Ford's first menswear campaign in 2007, debuted on screen in A Single Man, and stars in El Inmortal and Machos Alfa.
Jonathan Anderson (fashion designer)
Jonathan Anderson (born 1984, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland) is the fashion designer behind JW Anderson, Loewe's creative director 2013–2025, and Dior's first creative director overseeing both women's and men's collections, plus an ongoing Uniqlo collaboration.
Jordan Carver
Jordan Carver, stage name of German model Ina-Maria Schnitzer, born 1986 in Trier; glamour model known for yoga spreads in Bild, RTLzwei and Redcoon ads, and the 2013 film Who Killed Johnny; withdrew from public life in 2017.
Jorts
Jorts: jean shorts, a portmanteau of jeans and shorts. Denim shorts, especially loose knee-grazing or cutoff styles; first known use 1995, from 1960s counterculture to the 2020s baggy Y2K revival.
Joseon mother-of-pearl inlaid furniture
Joseon mother-of-pearl inlaid furniture is Joseon-dynasty (1392–1910) wooden furniture decorated with najeonchilgi (나전칠기), the Korean craft of setting iridescent shell slices into lacquer, including tables, chests, wardrobes, and cabinets.
Joseph Corré
Joseph Corré (born 1967, London), son of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, co-founded luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur with Serena Rees in Soho in 1994, sold it to 3i in 2007, refused his MBE, and later ran A Child of the Jago, Illamasqua, anti-fracking campaigns, and the 2016 £5m punk memorabilia bonfire.
Jourdan Miller
Jourdan Miller, American model, winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 20 (Guys & Girls, 2013), the first co-ed cycle; six first call-outs; defeated runner-up Marvin Cortes; prizes included a Guess campaign and NEXT contract.
Journeyman years
Journeyman years (Wanderjahre, Walz): the guild-tradition travel period after a craft apprenticeship, mandatory in German-speaking lands from the 16th century, lasting three years and a day, still practiced by Wandergesellen in Germany.
Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen, 1939), formerly Judy Gerowitz, American feminist artist and educator; creator of The Dinner Party (39 place settings, 1,038 women), founder of the first US feminist art program at Fresno, with Birth Project, Holocaust Project, and 2023–2026 retrospectives.
Juicy Couture
Juicy Couture: LA casual-luxury fashion brand by Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor, famous for the rhinestone velour tracksuit; acquired by Liz Claiborne in 2003, now owned by Authentic Brands Group.
Juicy Papaya Surfboards And Apparel
Juicy Papaya Surfboards and Apparel is a Mexican surf brand founded in Acapulco in 2009, making handmade surfboards and paddleboards, with a Puerto Escondido store and a pending JUICY PAPAYA US trademark.
Julie McCullough
Julie McCullough (Julie Michelle McCullough), born 1965 in Honolulu, is an American model, actress, and stand-up comedian: Playboy's February 1986 Playmate, fired from Growing Pains in 1989-90 after Kirk Cameron objected to her Playboy past.