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Aso oke
Aso oke (aṣọ òkè, aṣọ òfì) is the Yoruba handwoven narrow-strip prestige cloth of southwestern Nigeria, woven on narrow looms into etu, sanyan, and alaari types and sewn into agbada, gele, and iro ceremonial garments.
ASOS (retailer)
ASOS, full name As Seen On Screen, is a British online fashion retailer founded in London in 2000, selling own brands like ASOS Design and Topshop plus partner brands to 17 million customers in over 150 markets, distinct from the ASOS supermarket object dataset.
Athleisure
Athleisure is casual clothing for exercise and everyday use. Merriam-Webster added the term in 2016, and the market is projected to reach USD 892.5 billion by 2033.
Authentic Brands Group
Authentic Brands Group (ABG, Authentic), founded 2010 by Jamie Salter in New York, is a brand management and licensing firm owning 50+ brands including Reebok, Champion, Guess and Elvis Presley, licensing IP to 1,700+ partners for over $38 billion in annual systemwide retail sales; Matt Maddox became CEO in 2026.
Autopen
Autopen: a mechanical signing machine that holds a real pen and replays a stored signature matrix. Used by US presidents since Truman; first used to sign a law by Obama in 2011; center of the 2025 Biden pardon controversy.
AzMarie Livingston
AzMarie Livingston (Ashley Marie Livingston, born 1986) is an American model, actress, DJ, and singer, a Cycle 18 America's Next Top Model contestant eliminated for refusing butt pads, later Chicken in Empire and Ricki in DTLA.
Aztec featherwork
Aztec featherwork (Nahuatl amantecayotl) was the prestigious Nahua craft of gluing dyed feathers to a paper support or tying them into mosaics, shields, and headdresses, flourishing 1428–1521.
Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) was a French-Tunisian couturier known for body-con stretch silhouettes, an off-calendar independent business model, the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, and his fashion collection; the Alaïa house continues under Richemont.
Babydoll
Babydoll: a short, loose women's nightgown with a fitted bust and empire seam flaring into a short skirt, usually sheer and sold with matching panties; coined in 1950s American English, attributed to designer Sylvia Pedlar's 1942 wartime short nightgowns, popularized by the 1956 film Baby Doll and later a recurring fashion-dress trend.
Backstrap loom
A backstrap loom, in Spanish telar de cintura, is a portable frameless loom in which the weaver supplies tension by leaning against a waist strap. Used in the Americas for over 4,000 years.
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design
The BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design is an annual film award given by BAFTA to costume designers for films released in the United Kingdom.
Balaclava (clothing)
A balaclava, also known as a ski mask or balaclava helmet, is a close-fitting hood worn in cold conditions that covers the head and neck, leaving the eyes exposed.
Baldachin
Baldachin (baldacchino, baldaquin): ceremonial canopy of fabric, stone, or metal over an altar, throne, or tomb, or carried on poles in procession; named after Baghdad brocade; Bernini's St Peter's bronze baldachin is the famous example.
Baleen basketry
Baleen basketry: coiled baskets woven from whale baleen (keratin) with carved walrus ivory finials, developed by Iñupiaq artisans in North Alaska after 1914 and now a collectible Alaska Native art form.
Balenciaga
Balenciaga is a Kering-owned French luxury fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián in 1917, established in Paris at 10 Avenue George V in 1937, closed 1968, couture revived 2021, now led by Pierpaolo Piccioli.
Balinese wood carving
Balinese wood carving, known as ukir kayu, is the traditional craft of carving wood in Bali, Indonesia, centered on the village of Mas near Ubud since the 1930s.
Balmain (fashion house)
Balmain is a French luxury fashion house founded in Paris in 1945 by Pierre Balmain, originator of the New French Style and Jolie Madame. Owned by Qatar's Mayhoola since 2016; led by Olivier Rousteing 2011-2025, then Antonin Tron.
Baltimore album quilt
The Baltimore album quilt is an appliqué album quilt made in and around Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1840s and 1850s, its blocks bearing distinct designs, signatures, and inscriptions.
Bamana bogolanfini dyeing by women
Bamana bogolanfini dyeing is the Malian textile tradition from central Mali in which women color handwoven cotton with fermented mud and leaf dye, producing cloth called mud cloth, worn at key stages of a woman's life.
Bamboo textile
Bamboo textile: fabric from bamboo, usually chemically regenerated as rayon/viscose rather than true mechanical bamboo fiber. FTC requires 'rayon made from bamboo' labeling; antibacterial and eco claims lack evidence.
Ban Chiang pottery
Ban Chiang pottery is prehistoric earthenware made at Ban Chiang, a village in northeast Thailand, from about 2100 BC to AD 200, famous for red-on-buff painted vessels.
Banana Republic
Banana Republic is an American clothing and accessories brand owned by Gap Inc., founded in 1978 in Mill Valley, California, and positioned above Gap in price.
Banarasi brocade
Banarasi brocade is a zari-ornamented silk fabric woven in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, whose motifs are built into the cloth on the loom; the name has been Geographically Indication protected since 2009.
Banarasi saree
The Banarasi saree is a silk sari woven in Varanasi, India, known for its brocade patterns with zari and shaped under Mughal patronage in the 16th century.
Bandage
A bandage is a material that holds a dressing or splint in place or supports an injured body part. The main types are roller, tubular, and triangular bandages.
Bandhani (બાંધણી)
Bandhani (બાંધણી), also bandhej or sungadi, is a South Asian tie-dye textile technique from Sanskrit bandh, 'to tie'; thousands of hand-tied knots resist dye to form dots, centered in Kutch, Gujarat, with a registered GI.
Bangle
A bangle is a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet, usually clasp-less so it slips over the hand, though some are hinged; it can also be worn on the forearm or ankle.
Banig
Banig is the Filipino handwoven sleeping or sitting mat, made from tikog, pandan, buri, or rattan; regional traditions include Tawi-Tawi's Badjao and Samal mats, the Maranao round mat, and Basey, Samar, the banig capital.
Bankura horse
The Bankura horse is a stylized terracotta horse made in Panchmura village, West Bengal, originally offered to deities like Dharma Thakur and now an emblem of Indian handicrafts.
Bao Tranchi
Bao Tranchi, Vietnamese-born American costume and fashion designer, Next in Fashion season 2 finalist; refugee background, Otis College graduate, cutout label, The Greatest Beer Run Ever costume designer.