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Khadi (खादी)
Khadi (खादी), from khaddar, is Indian handspun, hand-woven cloth of cotton, silk, or wool made on a charkha and handloom. Gandhi's 1918 movement made it the fabric of swadeshi and swaraj; certified today under the Khadi Mark Regulations, 2013.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (खादी एवं ग्रामोद्योग आयोग)
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC, खादी एवं ग्रामोद्योग आयोग) is India's statutory body under the MSME Ministry, created by the 1956 Act, promoting khadi cloth and village industries, rural employment, and schemes like PMEGP and SFURTI.
Khaki
Khaki (Urdu khākī, 'dust-colored') is a dull yellowish-brown to greenish color and a strong twilled cotton cloth, adopted by the British Indian Army's Corps of Guides from 1846–48 and official for British troops overseas in 1897, later a civilian staple (chinos, Dockers).
Khmer silk ikat
Khmer silk ikat, called hol in Khmer, is a Cambodian technique of tie-dyeing patterns into silk weft threads before weaving, used for skirts and temple hangings.
Kidada Jones
Kidada Jones (born 1974), American fashion designer, stylist, and actress, daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton; Tommy Hilfiger muse 1994-2002, Snoop Dogg clothing line, and Disney's Kidada for Disney Couture designer.
Kiko Mizuhara (水原希子)
Kiko Mizuhara (水原希子, Audrie Kiko Daniel), born 1990 in Dallas and raised in Kobe, is a Japanese-American model, actress, designer, and singer; Seventeen winner 2003, Norwegian Wood debut 2010, brands OK and kiiks.
Kilim
A kilim (Persian: gelim, گلیم) is a flat-woven rug made without knots or pile, its geometric patterns formed entirely by weft threads across Anatolia, Iran, and Central Asia.
Kilroy was here
Kilroy was here is World War II American military graffiti of a long-nosed man peeking over a wall, attributed to shipyard inspector James J. Kilroy and merged with the British Mr. Chad doodle.
Kilt
The kilt is a knee-length, wrap-around garment with heavy pleats at the back, made of tartan cloth and first recorded in the 16th century as Highland dress.
Kim Jones (designer)
Kim Jones (born 1979, London) is a British fashion designer, Central Saint Martins graduate, and former men's artistic director at Louis Vuitton (2011–2018), Dior Men (2018–2025), and Fendi womenswear/couture (2020–2024), known for the 2017 Supreme collaboration and streetwear-tailoring fusion.
Kimono (着物)
The kimono (着物, 'thing to wear') is Japan's T-shaped, straight-seamed wrap garment secured with an obi. It evolved from the Heian kosode, became universal dress by the Edo period, and is now mainly ceremonial.
Kimora Lee Simmons
Kimora Lee Simmons (born 1975, St. Louis), now Kimora Lee, is an American model, designer, and founder of Baby Phat, the billion-dollar women's streetwear brand launched in 1999; Chanel muse to Karl Lagerfeld at 13 and reality TV star.
Kintsugi (金継ぎ)
Kintsugi (金継ぎ, kintsukuroi, golden joinery) is the Japanese craft of repairing broken ceramics with urushi lacquer finished in gold or silver powder, arising in Muromachi-era tea ceremony culture; variants include gintsugi, urushitsugi, and yobitsugi.
Kippah (כִּפָּה)
Kippah (כִּפָּה), also yarmulke: small round skullcap worn by Jewish men and some women during prayer or always; Hebrew term, Yiddish name; custom turned obligatory; styles signal affiliation.
Kirpan (ਕਿਰਪਾਨ)
Kirpan (ਕਿਰਪਾਨ), the mandatory Sikh article of faith worn by initiated Amritdhari Sikhs since 1699, one of the Five Ks, from kirpa (grace) and aan (honor); distinguished from a dagger by its religious meaning and legal protections in India, the UK, Canada, and Australia.
Kmart Australia
Kmart Australia: Wesfarmers-owned discount department store chain founded 1969 in Burwood, Victoria; 323 stores in Australia and New Zealand; Anko house brand is 85 percent of products; distinct from the unrelated US Kmart.
Knickerbockers (clothing)
Knickerbockers, shortened to knickers, are loose baggy trousers gathered just below the knee, named after Washington Irving's character Diedrich Knickerbocker and closely tied to New York City's identity.
Knit cap
Knit cap, also called beanie, watch cap, tuque, or stocking cap: a close-fitting brimless knitted cap for warmth. Known from 16th-century London survivals, the 1571 Cappers Act, and the US Navy watch cap.
Knitted fabric
Knitted fabric is a textile of intermeshed yarn loops, in weft and warp families, giving stretch, porosity, and comfort versus wovens; used from T-shirts to medical implants, with machine knitting dating to William Lee's 1589 stocking frame.
Knitting
Knitting: fabric made by intermeshing yarn loops, in weft and warp families; knit and purl stitches, courses and wales, gauge, stretch up to 200% elongation, from William Lee's 1589 stocking frame to six-minute machine sweaters.
Knitting machine
Knitting machine: mechanical device forming knitted fabric via needles, from William Lee's 1589 bearded-needle frame and Brunel's 1816 circular machine to Lamb's 1863 flat-bed and modern computerized flat and circular machines.
Knitting needle
Knitting needles, also called knitting pins, are long, slender, pointed tools used to form interlocking loops of yarn into knitted fabric, sold in straight, double-pointed, and circular types.
Knitting pattern notation
Knitting pattern notation: the abbreviations (K, P, k2tog, ssk) and chart symbols used in written knitting instructions, standardized by Craft Yarn Council lists, Weldon's 1906 abbreviations, and read via charts bottom-up with US/UK vocabulary differences.
Kogal (コギャル)
Kogal (コギャル), also romanized kogyaru, was a Japanese youth fashion subculture of the mid-1990s to early 2000s, centered in Tokyo's Shibuya district, whose high-school girls wore shortened uniforms, baggy loose socks, dyed hair, and dark tans.
Kōgei
Kōgei (工芸) is the contemporary Japanese word for craft, referring to everyday objects like cloth, bowls, and kettles made with local materials and techniques passed down through generations; Japan designates 244 traditional crafts.
Kokoshnik (кокошник)
Kokoshnik (кокошник), the traditional Russian festive headdress of married women: a stiff-crested cap fully covering the hair, from Old Russian "kokosh" (hen), first recorded in 17th-century documents, richly decorated with pearls and goldwork.
Kolam (கோலம்)
Kolam (கோலம்), also kōlam, is the Tamil threshold floor-drawing tradition of South India: rice-flour designs around pulli dot grids drawn at dawn by women, transmitted mother to daughter, studied mathematically, and nominated to UNESCO in 2011.
Kongo textiles
Kongo textiles are woven and embroidered raffia palm cloths made by the Kingdom of Kongo in west-central Africa from the first millennium until about 1900.
Korean knots
Korean knots, or maedeup (매듭), are the traditional craft of tying dyed silk cords into decorative knots used on norigae hanbok pendants, tassels, and court items, with Neolithic origins, Joseon court artisans, and designated heritage holders.
Koteka
Koteka (Dani: holim) is a penis sheath of dried bottle gourd worn by men of Papuan highland groups such as the Dani, Lani, and Yali; its shape signals social rank, and Indonesia's 1971–1974 Operasi Koteka campaign to replace it failed.