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Lithuanian cross-crafting
Lithuanian cross-crafting (kryždirbystė) is the Lithuanian folk tradition of making and consecrating wooden crosses and wayside shrines, a UNESCO-recognized art best seen at the Hill of Crosses.
Little black dress
Little black dress (LBD), a simple short black dress established by Coco Chanel in 1926 and dubbed the "Ford of Fashion" by American Vogue; a wardrobe staple evolving through Dior, Givenchy, Lagerfeld, and beyond.
Liya Kebede (ሊያ ከበደ)
Liya Kebede (ሊያ ከበደ), Ethiopian supermodel born 1978 in Addis Ababa; first Black Estée Lauder model (2003), WHO maternal health ambassador (2005), founder of lemlem (2007) and the Lemlem Foundation, lead of Desert Flower (2009).
Liz Collins
Liz Collins (born 1968) is an American Brooklyn-based textile artist and former knitwear designer, RISD BFA/MFA, creator of Knitting Nation (2005–2016), subject of the first US survey Motherlode at the RISD Museum (2025–26), and a 60th Venice Biennale participant.
Lizzie Grover Rad
Lizzie Grover Rad is an American fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded Grover Rad, a Los Angeles womenswear brand, after co-founding the interior design startup Hutch.
Lloyd Kiva New
Lloyd Kiva New (1916–2002) was a Cherokee fashion designer and educator who built a Scottsdale fashion label and co-founded the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Loewe (fashion brand)
Loewe (lo-weh-vay) is a Spanish luxury fashion house founded in Madrid in 1846, known for the Puzzle, Amazona, and Flamenco bags; owned by LVMH since 1996 and led since 2025 by Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez.
Loincloth
A loincloth, also called a breechcloth or breechclout, is a cloth worn around the loins, sometimes as the sole article of clothing in warm climates.
Lolita fashion (ロリータ・ファッション)
Lolita fashion, also known as Goth loli, is a Japanese street fashion featuring voluminous knee-length skirts held out by petticoats, inspired by Victorian and Rococo clothing.
Lolo Ferrari
Lolo Ferrari (Ève Geneviève Aline Vallois, 1963–2000), French dancer, pornographic actress, singer and Eurotrash presenter, Guinness-recorded for the world's largest breast implants; died in Grasse in 2000 amid a murder investigation of her husband Eric Vigne.
Longarm quilting
Longarm quilting is the finishing step that stitches a quilt's top, batting, and backing together on a large frame-mounted machine, with the machine head traveling over the fabric.
Longshan black pottery
Longshan black pottery (黑陶) is the highly polished, thin-walled black ware made by the Longshan culture of Neolithic China, centered in Shandong around 2600 to 1900 BCE and considered the peak of prehistoric Chinese pottery.
Loom
A loom is a device that interlaces warp and weft yarns to weave cloth, via shedding, picking, and beat-up. Looms divide into handlooms (manual) and powerlooms (motorized, including shuttleless rapier, air-jet, and water-jet types), ranging from backstrap and pit looms to Jacquard and automatic machines.
Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor, founded 1826 by Samuel Lord and George Washington Taylor, was America's oldest department store; it closed all 38 stores in 2020 and now operates online under Regal Brands Global.
Loro Piana
Loro Piana is an Italian luxury fashion house founded by Pietro Loro Piana in 1924, known for cashmere and fine wools and owned by LVMH since 2013.
Lota (लोटा) (vessel)
The lota (लोटा) is a round-bodied, narrow-necked South Asian water vessel used for drinking, ablutions, and ritual; known regionally as karuwa, bodna, kindi, or chambu, and cited by the Eameses as exemplary design.
Lotto Sport Italia
Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports footwear and apparel brand founded in 1973 by the Caberlotto brothers in Montebelluna, Treviso, known for its double-field logo, tennis heritage, laceless Zhero soccer boots, and WHP Global ownership; distinct from the LottoItalia lottery consortium.
Louis Vuitton (designer)
Louis Vuitton (1821–1892) was a French trunk maker and packer who founded the eponymous luggage house in Paris in 1854, pioneered the flat-topped, stackable trunk, and served Empress Eugénie.
Louisa Pesel
Louisa Frances Pesel (1870–1947) was an English embroiderer, teacher and collector; Director of the Royal Hellenic School in Athens, first President of the Embroiderers' Guild, and leader of the Winchester Cathedral embroideries.
Louise Trotter
Louise Trotter (born 1969, Sunderland) is a British fashion designer and creative director of Bottega Veneta since January 2025, succeeding Matthieu Blazy; previously led Carven, Lacoste (first female creative director), and Joseph.
Lourdes Leon
Lourdes (Lola) Leon, stage name Lolahol, is an American model, dancer, choreographer, and singer born in 1996 to Madonna and Carlos Leon; debuted with Stella McCartney in 2016 and the single "Lock&Key" in 2022.
Lower-back tattoo
Lower-back tattoo, aka tramp stamp, a lumbar tattoo placement that boomed with 1990s low-rise fashion, drew a misogynistic nickname, declined, and revived in the 2020s with custom designs and Gen Z reclaiming the term.
Lucie Rie
Lucie Rie (1902–1995), born Lucie Gomperz in Vienna, was an Austrian-British studio potter who fled to London in 1938 and became one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century studio pottery.
Lucienne Day
Lucienne Day (1917–2010) was a British textile designer whose abstract pattern 'Calyx', made for the 1951 Festival of Britain, made her the foremost British textile designer of her period.
Lucky Blue Smith
Lucky Blue Smith is an American male model born 1998 in Spanish Fork, Utah, an Instagram-era modeling star with over a million followers by 17, Tom Ford and Calvin Klein campaigns, drummer of The Atomics, and husband of model Nara Smith.
Lucy Mecklenburgh
Lucy Mecklenburgh, born 1991, is an English reality TV star, model, and entrepreneur known for The Only Way Is Essex (2010–2013) and co-founding the Results With Lucy fitness platform, now RWL.
Lucy Pinder
Lucy Pinder (Lucy Katherine Pinder) is an English glamour model, TV personality, and actress, born 1983 in Winchester, discovered on Bournemouth beach in 2003, known for Nuts and Daily Star covers, Celebrity Big Brother, and film roles.
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (Lucile), British couturière 1863-1935, founded Lucile Ltd in London; pioneered mannequin parades, the modern fashion show, and named gowns; Titanic survivor; subject of Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon.
LuLaRoe
LuLaRoe, an American multilevel-marketing apparel company founded in Corona, California by Mark and DeAnne Stidham, sells leggings and clothing through independent retailers; known for its rapid rise, $4.75 million Washington pyramid-scheme settlement, and LuLaRich documentary.
Lungi
Lungi: a sarong-type lower garment of South Asia, from Hindi/Urdu lungi (Persian origin), worn wrapped or as a sewn tube from waist to ankle across India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar (longyi).