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Ravenstail weaving
Ravenstail weaving (Tlingit: yéil koowú) is a Northwest Coast Indigenous finger-twined tradition of black-and-white geometric ceremonial robes, practiced until the early 1800s and revived in the 1980s.
Ray-Ban Wayfarer
Ray-Ban Wayfarer: plastic sunglasses designed by Raymond Stegeman for Bausch & Lomb in 1952. Acetate RB2140 Original and nylon RB2132 New Wayfarer differ in lens depth; also the base of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
Rayon
Rayon, also known as viscose fibre, is a semi-synthetic textile fiber of regenerated cellulose made from wood pulp. Its cool, silky feel suits it to clothing and upholstery.
Ready-to-wear
Ready-to-wear, or prêt-à-porter, is clothing made in pre-established standard sizes and produced in series for sale off the rack, as opposed to made-to-measure or bespoke garments cut for a single client.
Real-life superhero
Real-life superhero (RLSH): a person adopting an original costumed superhero persona for community service, patrols, and outreach. Movement emerged mid-2000s after figures like 1974's Captain Sticky; studied as contested vigilantism.
Recho Omondi
Recho Omondi: American designer of Kenyan heritage, founder of the OMONDI label (2013), creator and host of the fashion podcast The Cutting Room Floor (2018), dissolved the label in 2020, known for the viral 2025 Steve Madden interview.
Red Dress (embroidery project)
The Red Dress is a 14-year collaborative embroidery artwork (2009-2023) by British artist Kirstie Macleod: 87 burgundy silk dupion panels embroidered by 380 contributors from 51 countries with 1-1.5 billion stitches, a Guinness World Record holder distinct from the REDress Project.
Red Hat Society
The Red Hat Society (RHS) is a worldwide women's social club founded in 1998 by Sue Ellen Cooper, known for members wearing red hats with purple clothing.
Red string (Kabbalah)
The red string of Kabbalah, or Kabbalah bracelet, is a red wool cord tied on the left wrist as a Jewish folk charm against the evil eye, traditionally wound around Rachel's Tomb near Bethlehem.
Red-figure pottery
Red-figure pottery: Greek vase-painting technique, invented in Athens around 530 BCE, with red figures reserved on a black gloss ground, brush-drawn details, three-stage firing, spread to South Italy and Etruria, extinct by the third century BCE.
Redbubble
Redbubble: Australian print-on-demand marketplace founded 2006 in Melbourne, owned by Articore Group (ASX: ATG), also of TeePublic. Artists upload designs printed on 70+ products; margins default 20%; tiered fees from September 2025 charge Standard accounts 50% of earnings. Not to be confused with Society6 or Etsy.
Reebok
Reebok, British-founded (1958, from J.W. Foster & Sons) athletic footwear and fitness brand; adidas bought it for $3.8B in 2006, sold to Authentic Brands Group for ~$2.5B in 2021; now run via licensees.
Regina Pilawuk Wilson
Regina Pilawuk Wilson (born 1948) is a Ngan'gikurrungurr master weaver and painter of the Marrithyel people who co-founded Peppimenarti in 1973, won the 2003 Telstra NATSIAA General Painting award, and was 2026 Darwin NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year.
Rei Kawakubo
Rei Kawakubo (川久保 玲), born 1942 in Tokyo, is the Japanese designer who founded Comme des Garçons in 1969, debuted in Paris in 1981 with deconstructed black "anti-fashion", created the 1997 Body Meets Dress collection, and built Dover Street Market.
Reina Triendl (トリンドル 玲奈)
Reina Triendl (トリンドル 玲奈, Torindoru Reina, born 1992, Vienna) is an Austrian-born Japanese model, tarento, and actress: ViVi and with exclusive model, star of Sion Sono's Tag (2015), Keio graduate, married actor Naohiro Yamamoto in 2024.
Religious habit
Religious habit, or monastic habit: distinctive dress of Christian religious orders, typically tunic, scapular, cowl or veil, and belt; governed by canon 669, color-coded by order (Franciscan brown, Dominican black over white), relaxed after Vatican II.
Religious perspectives on tattooing
Religious perspectives on tattooing: Judaism and Islam prohibit it (Leviticus 19:28), Christianity suppressed yet practices Coptic and pilgrimage tattoos, while Buddhism, Hinduism, and Indigenous traditions use sacred tattoos like Sak Yant and tā moko.
Renee Alway
Renee Alway, also known as Renee Diane DeWitt, born 1986, is an American former model who placed 3rd on America's Next Top Model Cycle 8 and was Modelville runner-up; she was later sentenced to 12 years in prison for 2013 Palm Springs-area burglaries and released in 2018.
Revenge dress
Revenge dress: media term coined in 1994 for Diana's black off-the-shoulder Christina Stambolian silk gown, worn June 29, 1994 as Charles admitted infidelity; now a label for post-breakup statement outfits, going to Sotheby's auction in 2026.
Revenue stamp
Revenue stamp, also called duty, fiscal, or tax stamp: a government-issued label evidencing tax, duty, or fee payment on goods or documents, distinct from postage stamps; collected as fiscal philately with its own catalogs and societies.
Revival movements in traditional dress of the Americas and Africa
Revival movements in traditional dress of the Americas and Africa are organized efforts to restore garments pushed aside by colonization, using museums, tribal programs, and festivals.
Rhea Pillai
Rhea Pillai, Indian model and Art of Living instructor born in London in 1965; ex-wife of Sanjay Dutt (married 1998, divorced 2005) and partner of Leander Paes; launched The Temple House fashion label in 2016.
Rhuigi Villaseñor
Rhuigi Villaseñor, Filipino-American founder of Rhude (2015) and Bally creative director 2022–2023, creator of the Traxedo and the RHU x Zara line Redesigning Human Uniform.
Ribbon
Ribbon: a narrow, flat, flexible woven band with finished selvedges, 0.3–30 cm wide, used for tying, fastening, and decoration. Also called narrow fabric; distinct from cut cloth strips and from tapes, braids, and cords.
Riccardo Tisci
Riccardo Tisci (born 1974) is an Italian fashion designer, creative director of Givenchy 2005-2017 and Burberry chief creative officer 2018-2022, known for Gothic-Catholic couture fused with streetwear, the rottweiler and Bambi Givenchy T-shirts, Madonna's 2012 Super Bowl costumes, and Watch the Throne artwork.
Rick Owens
Rick Owens (Richard Saturnino Owens, born 1961, Porterville, California) is an American fashion designer of dark, sculptural "anti-fashion", founder of the independent Owenscorp label in Los Angeles, based in Paris since 2003.
Ring (jewellery)
Ring (jewellery), also finger ring: a circular band worn on the finger as ornament, token, matrimonial symbol, or insignia. Covers anatomy, ISO/US/UK sizing, hallmarking, named types, history, and the 2023 lab-grown diamond shift.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College (1968-1997) was Irvin Feld's tuition-free clown training school in Venice, Florida; it graduated nearly 1,300 clowns over about 10-week courses before closing in 1997.
Rip Curl (osm node/12688530937)
Rip Curl (osm node/12688530937): OpenStreetMap node for a Rip Curl location; Rip Curl is the Australian surf brand founded 1969 in Torquay by Warbrick and Singer, known for wetsuits, the Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro, B Corp certification, and KMD Brands ownership since 2019.
Ripcurl
Rip Curl (Ripcurl), Australian surf company founded 1969 in Torquay, Victoria by Doug Warbrick and Brian Singer; maker of Flashbomb wetsuits and host of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the world's longest-running pro surfing contest.