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Amphora
Amphora (Greek ἀμφορεύς): two-handled ancient Mediterranean ceramic jar for storing and transporting wine, oil, and other goods; also a capacity measure (Roman amphora two-thirds of the Greek), used from the Neolithic to after the Middle Ages.
Anagama kiln
The anagama kiln (窖窯) is a wood-fired tunnel kiln dug into a hillside, used in East Asia for stoneware and introduced to Japan from Korea in the 5th century.
Anaita Shroff Adajania
Anaita Shroff Adajania (born 1972, Mumbai) is an Indian fashion stylist, costume designer, and actress, former fashion director of Vogue India, stylist of the Dhoom series, and wife of director Homi Adajania.
Anasuya Sarabhai (અનસૂયા સરાભાઈ)
Anasuya Sarabhai (અનસૂયા સરાભાઈ, 1885–1972), 'Motaben', Ahmedabad-born pioneer of India's women's labour movement; led the 1917–18 textile strikes and founded the Majoor Mahajan Sangh (Textile Labour Association) in 1920, not to be confused with other Sarabhai family members such as Vikram Sarabhai.
Ancient and medieval garment terminology
Ancient and medieval garment terminology is the vocabulary naming tunics, cloaks, and undergarments in Greek, Latin, and Semitic texts, with meanings that shifted by period and register.
AND1
AND1 is an American basketball footwear and apparel brand founded in 1993 in Philadelphia by Seth Berger, Jay Coen Gilbert, and Tom Austin. Known for the Mixtape Tour, the Tai Chi shoe worn by Vince Carter, and its peak as the number two US basketball shoe brand behind Nike; now owned by Galaxy Universal.
Andean textiles
Andean textiles: cloth traditions of the Andes from 8000 BC Guitarrero Cave basketry through Chavín, Paracas, Wari, Chimú, and Inka cumbi weaving, colonial-era hybrid garments, and living Aymara and Cusco weaving communities today.
André Courrèges
André Courrèges (1923–2016), French couturier and engineer, founded the Paris house Courrèges in 1961 with Coqueline Courrèges; known for 1964 Space Age collection, white moon boots, miniskirts, trousers for women, and ready-to-wear lines.
Andreja Pejić
Andreja Pejić (formerly Andrej Pejic), Bosnian-born Australian model and actress. Androgynous male model famous from 2010 Paris Vogue and Jean Paul Gaultier couture; transitioned 2014; first trans woman in American Vogue and with a Make Up For Ever campaign; acted in The Girl in the Spider's Web.
Andrés Velencoso
Andrés Velencoso Segura (born 1978, Tossa de Mar) is a Spanish model and actor, face of the 2003 Louis Vuitton campaign with Jennifer Lopez and Chanel Allure Homme Sport, now creative director of Tendam's menswear label OOTO.
Angela Adams
Angela Adams (angela adams) is a Portland, Maine design company founded in 1998 by textile designer Angela Adams and furniture designer Sherwood Hamill, known for New Zealand wool rugs with nature-inspired Maine patterns.
Angela Rockwood
Angela Rockwood (born 1975, Clovis, New Mexico), also Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, is an American actress, model, and producer; after a 2001 car accident left her a C4 quadriplegic, she created and starred in the Sundance Channel series Push Girls and became a disability advocate and Nordstrom model.
Angelyne
Angelyne, born Ronia Tamar Goldberg in 1950, is the Los Angeles billboard icon who became famous from 1984 via self-promoting billboards, a pink Corvette, runs for governor, and a 2017 identity reveal.
Angie Best
Angie Best (Angela MacDonald Janes, born 1952, Southend-on-Sea) is an English model, fitness trainer, and Playboy Bunny who married footballer George Best in 1978, is mother of Calum Best, trained Cher and Hollywood stars, and runs the Metaphysical gym in Henley-on-Thames.
Anglo-Saxon dress
Anglo-Saxon dress, also called Anglo-Saxon clothing, is the clothing worn in England from the fifth to the eleventh centuries, reconstructed mainly from fasteners found in graves.
Angora wool
Angora wool is the fine, hollow-cored hair of Angora rabbits (not the Angora goat, which gives mohair), 11–16 microns, up to 1.5 kg per rabbit yearly, ~90% produced in China, reshaped by 2013 welfare controversies.
Animal roleplay
Animal roleplay: humans acting as animals, from furry fursonas and fursuits to therian identity (alt.horror.werewolves, 1990s), quadrobics, and clinical therianthropy; distinct from therianthropy, which is identity, not play.
Anishinaabe beadwork
Anishinaabe beadwork is the decorative art of sewing glass beads onto leather, cloth, and bark, practiced for centuries by the Anishinaabeg of the Great Lakes.
Anishinaabe birchbark scrolls
Anishinaabe birchbark scrolls, called mide-wiigwaas in ceremony, are pictographic records on birch bark used by the Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, to preserve songs, rituals, and teachings.
Anklet
Anklet (ankle bracelet, ankle-band, ankle-ring; Arabic خلخال, Hindi payal): an ornamental band, ring, or chain worn around the ankle, documented from Meroitic Nubia and Isaiah 3:18, central to Indian bridal and ghungroo dance traditions.
Ann Summers
Ann Summers is a British lingerie and sex toy retailer founded at Marble Arch, London in 1971, bought by David and Ralph Gold in 1972 for £10,000, known for the 1991 Rampant Rabbit and Jacqueline Gold's party plan.
Anna Anka
Anna Anka (Danuta Anna Kołodziejska, b. 1971, Poland) is a Swedish-American model, actress, and reality TV personality, famous for Svenska Hollywoodfruar (2009) and her marriage to singer Paul Anka (2008–2010), now a wellness coach in Los Angeles.
Anna Sui
Anna Sui, American fashion designer (born in a Detroit suburb), founder of the independent Anna Sui label (1981) in New York; first runway show 1991, CFDA Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award 2009, over 50 boutiques in eight countries.
Anne Vyalitsyna
Anne Vyalitsyna (Anne V, Анна Вьялицына), Russian model born 1986 in Gorky/Nizhny Novgorod; IMG scouted her at 15, she fronted Chanel Chance and ran ten consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues (2005–2014), appeared in Victoria's Secret shows, and hosted The Face.
Anne Watanabe (渡辺杏)
Anne Watanabe (渡辺杏, stage name Anne) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer born 1986 in Tokyo, daughter of Ken Watanabe; non-no model at 15, international runway star, Gochisousan heroine.
Anni Albers
Anni Albers, born Annelise Fleischmann in Berlin in 1899, was a German-born American textile artist and educator who helped establish textiles as modern art.
Anok Yai
Anok Yai, South Sudanese-American supermodel born 1997 in Cairo, discovered via a viral 2017 Howard University homecoming photo; first Black model to open Prada since Naomi Campbell, 2025 British Fashion Council Model of the Year.
Anta Sports
Anta Sports Products Limited, Chinese sportswear group founded 1991 in Jinjiang, Fujian; HKEX-listed (2020). Owns ANTA, FILA China, DESCENTE, KOLON SPORT, MAIA ACTIVE, JACK WOLFSKIN; largest shareholder of NYSE-listed Amer Sports (Arc'teryx, Salomon, Wilson).
Anthropologie
Anthropologie is an American women's lifestyle retailer founded in 1992 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, owned by URBN. It targets women aged 28-45, operated 254 stores as of January 2026, and reached $2.4 billion in fiscal 2025 sales.
Anti-suicide smock
Anti-suicide smock, also called safety smock, suicide smock, or turtle suit: a tear-resistant garment for people at suicide risk in psychiatric and correctional settings, invented by Lonna Speer in 1989.