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Savannah Miller
Savannah Miller (born 1981) is a British fashion designer, sister of Sienna Miller, trained at Central Saint Martins; co-founder of Twenty8Twelve (2007) and founder of Savannah Miller Bridal (2016), plus Nine by Savannah Miller and Vivere.
Sawankhalok ware
Sawankhalok ware, also called Sangkhalok ware, is glazed stoneware produced from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century at Si Satchanalai in north-central Thailand, and exported across maritime Southeast Asia, best known for its green celadon glazes.
Scapular
Scapular: Christian garment from Latin scapula (shoulder), in monastic form a work apron of the habit and in devotional form two small cloth panels; the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, tied to the 1251 Simon Stock tradition, is the best known.
Scarf
A scarf is a length of fabric worn around the neck, head, or shoulders for warmth, ornament, religious, or symbolic purposes, distinct from the knotted cravat and necktie, with ancient Roman sudarium origins and types from 15 cm football scarves to 200 cm shawl scarves.
Scene (subculture)
Scene (subculture): a youth subculture emerging in the early 2000s United States from emo, also called scenesters or trendies, defined by neon skinny jeans, side-swooped dyed hair, MySpace scene queens, and a TikTok revival around 2020.
Sceptre
Sceptre (US scepter): a decorated ceremonial rod or staff carried by monarchs as a symbol of authority, from Greek skeptron via Latin sceptrum; known forms include the Egyptian was-sceptre, the Chinese ruyi, and the British Crown Jewels sceptre.
Schultüte
The Schultüte, or Zuckertüte, is a large, pointed cone filled with sweets and gifts, given to children in Germany and neighboring countries on their first day of school.
Scissors
Scissors: hand tool of two pivoted crossed blades shearing material between them; smaller than 10-inch shears. Bronze spring forms from Mesopotamia, Roman pivoted design, specialized sewing, surgical, and ergonomic variants.
Scoubidou
Scoubidou: a French craft of braiding colorful plastic cords into key chains and bracelets, started in the late 1950s and named after Sacha Distel's 1958 song; also called gimp or boondoggle, revived in the 2000s.
Scrubs (clothing)
Scrubs are loose two-piece cotton or poly-cotton garments worn by medical personnel, especially in surgery; originally white, then surgical greens and ceil blue, with contested home-versus-facility laundering rules.
Seam (sewing)
In sewing, a seam is the join where stitches fasten two or more layers of fabric or leather together; seam type and finishing determine a garment's strength.
Sean O'Pry
Sean O'Pry (born 1989, Kennesaw, Georgia) is an American male model discovered on MySpace in 2006, Forbes' top-earning male model in 2013 with $1.5 million, Guinness record holder, and Taylor Swift's Blank Space co-star.
See-through clothing
See-through clothing, also called sheer or transparent dress, is fabric thin enough to see through. Spans Neoclassical sheer muslin, 1930s slips, the 1960s Nude Look, YSL's 1968 See-Through Blouse, and 1997's Year of Sheer.
Seersucker
Seersucker: lightweight cotton plain-weave fabric with alternating smooth and puckered stripes made by slack-tension weaving; from Persian shir o shakar (milk and sugar); Indian origin, New Orleans suit tradition, US Senate Seersucker Thursday.
Seiza (正座)
Seiza (正座) is the Japanese kneeling posture with buttocks on the heels. Formalized in samurai etiquette and tea ceremony, it spread generally in the Edo period and was named "correct sitting" only in the Meiji era.
Sekishū-banshi
Sekishū-banshi (石州半紙) is a hand-made Japanese paper made from kozo in the Iwami region of Shimane Prefecture, strong enough to survive more than 3,000 folds.
Selah Marley
Selah Marley, American model and singer, daughter of Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley, granddaughter of Bob Marley; known for Calvin Klein, Yeezy, Chanel, Ivy Park work and the 2021 EP Star Power.
Selfridges
Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co, is a British chain of luxury department stores founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge, with its flagship opening on Oxford Street in London in 1909.
Selita Ebanks
Selita Ebanks is a Caymanian-born model, actress, and philanthropist, a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2005 who succeeded Tyra Banks, starred in Kanye West's Runaway, and founded the Stardom Youth Foundation.
Selvage
Selvage, also spelled selvedge, is the self-finished lengthwise edge of woven fabric, formed on the loom where the weft turns back, that resists fraying without hemming.
Serizawa Keisuke
Serizawa Keisuke (芹沢銈介) was a Japanese textile artist who invented the kata-ezome stencil-dyeing technique, was named a Living National Treasure in 1956, and joined the Mingei folk craft movement.
Sestertius
The sestertius (plural sestertii) was a Roman coin that began as a small silver piece and became, under Augustus, the standard unit for reckoning Roman money.
Seto ware
Seto ware (瀬戸焼) is the collective name for pottery and porcelain made in and around Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, one of the Six Ancient Kilns with roughly a thousand years of production.
Sewing
Sewing: the craft of joining fabric with needle and thread, by hand or machine. Covers stitches, lockstitch machines, tools, history from 45,000-year-old eyed needles to Howe and Singer, and prices.
Sewing guilds
Sewing guilds are formal organizations of needleworkers regulating training, quality standards, pricing, and membership, with medieval origins and modern descendants like the American Sewing Guild, founded in 1978.
Sewing machine
Sewing machine: a machine that stitches fabric with thread using a needle and lockstitch mechanism. Also known as the lockstitch sewing machine; patented by Elias Howe in 1846, commercialized by Singer from 1851, and governed by household safety standards such as IEC 60335-2-28.
Sewing machine needle
Sewing machine needle: the steel needle carrying upper thread through fabric to form machine stitches. Key parts are shank, groove, eye, and scarf; household standard is system 130/705 H, sized in Nm blade diameter.
Sewing needle
Sewing needle: hand or machine implement with a shaft, point, and eye for thread. Bone eyed needles date to the late Pleistocene; modern needles use the 130/705 H system, sized by blade diameter.
Sewing terminology
Sewing terminology: the vocabulary of stitches, seams, fabric grain, pattern instructions, and finishes in sewing and quilting, codified by ASTM D5646/D4965, Bureau of Standards circular 283, and pattern-company glossaries.
Sex swing
Sex swing: a harness or sling suspending a person from above for sexual activity, a form of sex furniture. Types include conventional, sling, door, stand, and ceiling-mounted; safety depends on anchor strength and verified weight ratings.