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Lara Worthington
Lara Worthington (née Bingle, born 1987) is an Australian model and entrepreneur known for the 2006 "So where the bloody hell are you?" Tourism Australia campaign, The Base by LB (2014), and Ommage, the beauty brand she launches in September 2026.
Laundry
Laundry is the washing of textiles by machine, hand, or dry cleaning to remove soil, stains, and microbes. Covers surfactant chemistry, hygiene, EU detergent rules, energy use, and history.
Laundry symbol
Laundry symbols (care symbols) are standardized pictograms on textile labels, defined by ISO 3758 and GINETEX's 1963 trademarked system: washtub, triangle, square, iron and circle, with numbers, dots, bars and crosses encoding care limits.
Laura James
Laura James (born 1990), also Laura Ellen Ecker, American model and actress, winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 19 College Edition (2012); daughter of Dynasty actor John James; later campaigns for Guess and acting roles in S.W.A.T. and Howl.
Laura Kim
Laura Kim (born 1982, Seoul) is a Korean-Canadian fashion designer, co-founder of Monse with Fernando Garcia, and Oscar de la Renta co-creative director 2016–2026 after twelve years rising from intern to design director.
Le Coq Sportif
Le Coq Sportif: French sports clothing and footwear brand founded 1882 in Romilly-sur-Seine by Émile Camuset; outfitted French Olympic teams 1912-1972 and Paris 2024; placed in judicial restructuring November 2024, taken over by Dan Mamane in 2025.
Leah McSweeney
Leah McSweeney, also known as Leah Mob, is the American founder of Married to the Mob (MTTM), a pioneering women's streetwear label launched in New York in 2004; she starred on RHONY seasons 12 and 13, wrote the 2022 memoir Chaos Theory, and is suing Bravo.
Leather gloves
Leather gloves are hand coverings cut and sewn from animal skin, ranging from thin dress gloves to heavy work gauntlets; leather stays the standard material where fit, durability, and dexterity matter.
Leather pride flag
Leather pride flag, designed by Tony DeBlase and first shown May 28, 1989 at International Mr. Leather, Chicago: nine black and royal blue stripes, white center stripe, red heart; designer assigned no symbolism.
Leather subculture
The leather subculture, also known as the leather scene, is a community centered on leather clothing that grew from gay bars and motorcycle clubs in the 1950s and 1960s.
Lederhosen
Lederhosen (Lederhose) are leather breeches from Alpine Tracht, originally workwear in Bavaria and Austria, revived by Josef Vogl's 1883 costume association, banned for Jews in 1938, and now festival dress at Oktoberfest.
Lee Cooper
Lee Cooper is a British denim and lifestyle brand founded in London's East End in 1908 by Morris Cooper as a workwear factory; renamed Lee Cooper after 1945, it became a global licensed jeans, footwear, eyewear, and fragrance brand sold in over 100 countries.
Leggings
Leggings are tight-fitting trousers made of stretchy knit fabric, typically 10 percent or more elastane; the word also covers protective leg coverings worn over ordinary trousers.
Lei (garland)
Lei is the Hawaiian garland of flowers, leaves, shells, seeds, or feathers, brought by Polynesian voyagers, given in the spirit of aloha, worn for rank and ceremony, celebrated on Lei Day since 1928.
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery (1961–1994), Australian performance artist, costume designer, and club promoter; founder of London's Taboo nightclub, muse of Lucian Freud, collaborator of Michael Clark, subject of the 2025 Tate Modern retrospective Leigh Bowery!.
Leilani Dowding
Leilani Dowding (born 1980, Bournemouth) is an English model, Miss Great Britain 1998 and Miss Universe 1998 contestant, Page 3 glamour model, VH1 Tough Love Miami star, and founder of the Leiluna Collection clothing line.
Lenore Tawney
Lenore Tawney (Leonora Agnes Gallagher, 1907–2007), American fiber artist of Coenties Slip, New York; pioneer of sculptural "woven forms," open-warp weaving, Cloud series, collage, and mail art.
Lenskart
Lenskart, formerly Valyoo Technologies, is an Indian eyewear company founded by Peyush Bansal in 2010. It is India's largest eyewear retailer and listed on the stock exchanges in 2025.
Leomie Anderson
Leomie Anderson is a British model, activist, and entrepreneur, scouted at 14 and founder of LAPP (Leomie Anderson the Project the Purpose), known for Victoria's Secret runway appearances and advocacy for representation in fashion.
Leotard
Leotard: a tight-fitting one-piece garment covering the torso but not the legs, worn in dance, gymnastics, and exercise. Named after French trapeze pioneer Jules Léotard, who called it a maillot; entered English vocabulary in 1886.
Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss (Löb Strauss, 1829–1902), Bavarian-born Jewish immigrant dry goods merchant of San Francisco; with tailor Jacob Davis held the 1873 riveted-pants patent that created blue jeans and founded Levi Strauss & Co. in 1853.
Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi Strauss & Co. is an American apparel company headquartered in San Francisco. Founded in 1853 by Levi Strauss, it makes Levi's jeans and sold $6.3 billion in 2025.
Leyla Milani
Leyla Milani (لیلا میلانی), born Leyla Razzaghi in 1982, is an Iranian-Canadian-American model best known as briefcase model number 13 on NBC's Deal or No Deal.
Li-Ning
Li-Ning (李宁) is a Chinese sportswear company founded in 1990 by Olympic gymnast Li Ning, listed in Hong Kong since 2004 (2331.HK). Second-largest Chinese sportswear brand by revenue; 2025 sales RMB 29,598 million; single-brand, multi-category strategy.
Liangzhu jade
Liangzhu jade is the nephrite jade made by the Neolithic Liangzhu culture of the lower Yangtze valley, c. 3300–2250 BCE, best known for its bi discs and cong tubes.
Liberty (department store)
Liberty (Liberty & Co., Liberty London) is a London luxury department store founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty on 15 May 1875, famed for Tana Lawn printed fabrics and its 1924 mock-Tudor Great Marlborough Street flagship built from warship timber.
Liberty Ross
Liberty Ross (Liberty Lettice Lark Ross, born 1978) is a British model and actress, a 2000s Vogue cover star and face of Burberry and Dior Addict, later an actress, Genetic denim designer, and co-owner of Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace with Usher.
Lilly Pulitzer
Lilly Pulitzer, the American resort-wear brand founded in Palm Beach in 1959, known for brightly printed shift dresses; closed 1984, revived by Sugartown Worldwide, owned by Oxford Industries since 2010.
Lily Aldridge
Lily Aldridge (born 1985) is an American model from Los Angeles, a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2009 and 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 50th anniversary cover model, married to Caleb Followill.
Lily Cole
Lily Cole (born 1988) is a British model, actress, writer, and activist, discovered at 14 and signed to Storm; model of the year at the 2004 British Fashion Awards, Cambridge double first in History of Art, star of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and author of Who Cares Wins.