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Theatrical costume collections
Theatrical costume collections preserve stage dress from theater, opera, and ballet with the accessories and archives tying each garment to a production; the National Centre of Stage Costume in Moulins is the field's reference point.
Theme restaurant
Theme restaurant: a dining venue built around a distinctive theme in décor, menu, and entertainment; traced to Montmartre cafés, popularized in 1920s Los Angeles, named only since the 1970s.
Therian subculture
Therian subculture: an online community of people identifying as non-human animals (therianthropy, theriotypes), founded on 1990s Usenet, distinct from furries and otherkin, visible on TikTok since the mid-2020s.
Thermomix
Thermomix, sold as Bimby in some southern European markets, is Vorwerk's countertop all-in-one appliance that weighs, chops, kneads, heats, steams, and cooks; current model TM7 (2025), €1,549, sold via direct sales and online.
Thickening agent
Thickening agent (food thickener, hydrocolloid): a food additive that increases a food's viscosity. Key types: starch, xanthan gum, guar gum, pectin, gelatin, carrageenan; defined by Codex, used in sauces and dysphagia diets.
Thierry Mugler
Manfred Thierry Mugler (1948-2022), French designer who founded Maison Mugler in 1974, famed for sculptural hyperfeminine silhouettes, spectacular runway shows, and the 1992 gourmand perfume Angel; house now owned by L'Oréal.
Thigh-high boots
Thigh-high boots (cuissardes): boots whose shaft reaches the upper thigh. Created by Roger Vivier for Yves Saint Laurent Fall 1963, popularized by Beth and Herbert Levine, and a recurring Fall/Winter 2026 runway trend.
Thimble
Thimble: a small bell-shaped cap, usually metal, worn on the finger or thumb to push a sewing needle and protect the skin; also called thymel, from Old English thūma. Known from Han Dynasty China and Roman bronze examples; mass-produced from the late 17th century.
Thom Browne
Thom Browne is an American fashion designer and luxury label founded in 2001 in New York's West Village, known for shrunken gray suits, the Four Bar stripe, theatrical runway shows, majority ownership by the Zegna Group, and the CFDA chairmanship.
Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller (born 1955) is an American chef-restaurateur of The French Laundry and Per Se, the first and only American-born chef with multiple three-star Michelin restaurants, 2017 Bocuse d'Or gold team leader, Legion of Honor Chevalier, and author of six cookbooks.
Thong
Thong: a panty or bikini bottom with a narrow 1–3 cm strip between the buttocks; g-string is a thinner variant. Modern form created by Rudi Gernreich, produced as women's underwear by Lily of France from 1975.
Thousand Island dressing
Thousand Island dressing is a creamy American condiment of mayonnaise, ketchup, and pickles, named after the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River; competing origin stories credit Sophia LaLonde of Clayton, NY, chef Theo Rooms of Chicago's Blackstone Hotel, and Waldorf-Astoria maitre d' Oscar Tschirky.
Threading (epilation)
Threading (epilation), also called Bande Abru or Khite, is an ancient Indian and Middle Eastern hair removal method using twisted cotton thread to pluck facial hair from the follicle, prized for eyebrow shaping, precision over waxing, and low irritation.
Three Meals a Day (삼시세끼)
Three Meals a Day (삼시세끼) is a tvN Korean reality variety series directed by Na Young-seok, first aired October 17, 2014, in which celebrities cook three self-sufficient meals daily in rural, island, and mountain villages; Fishing Village 1 peaked at 14.2%.
Three Sisters (agriculture)
Three Sisters agriculture: Indigenous American intercropping of maize, climbing beans, and squash, also called Diohe'ko by the Haudenosaunee; corn supports beans, beans fix nitrogen, squash shades soil; adopted in North America by 1070 AD.
Three Wolf Moon
Three Wolf Moon is a wolf-and-moon graphic t-shirt by The Mountain of New Hampshire, artwork by Antonia Neshev, which became a 2009 Amazon bestseller after ironic customer reviews begun by Brian Govern went viral.
Threepence (British coin)
British pre-decimal coin worth 3d, a quarter shilling (1.25p decimal), also called the thruppenny bit; silver from 1551, twelve-sided nickel-brass from 1937; demonetised 31 August 1971, surviving in Maundy money.
Thumb signal
Thumb signal, chiefly the thumbs-up (thumbs down) gesture: raised thumb meaning approval in the West, with Roman pollice verso origins disputed, insult and hitchhiking readings in Britain and Australia, and the Hawaiian shaka as a related gesture.
Thylane Blondeau
Thylane Blondeau (born 2001) is a French model and entrepreneur, named "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Vogue Enfants in 2006, famous for the 2011 Tom Ford–guest-edited French Vogue shoot, L'Oréal ambassador, founder of Heaven May and Enalyht.
Tia Maria
Tia Maria is a 20% ABV coffee liqueur built on Jamaican rum, vanilla, and Arabica coffee; now a cold brew product owned by Illva Saronno, famous for its origin legend and its central role in the Espresso Martini alongside rival Kahlúa.
Tiara
Tiara: a semicircular jeweled head ornament worn by women, from the Persian royal headdress name (Greek tiara, kokoshnik variant). Distinguished from the full-circle crown and three-quarter diadem; papal tiara last used at Paul VI's 1963 coronation.
Tibetan cuisine
Tibetan cuisine (藏餐) is the food culture of the Tibetan Plateau, centered on tsampa roasted barley flour, yak meat and dairy, butter tea, thukpa noodle soup, and momos, distinct from neighboring Sichuan, Indian, and Nepali cuisines.
Tibetan rug weaving
Tibetan rug weaving is the craft of making knotted-pile wool carpets on the Tibetan Plateau, used for seating, sleeping, and ritual, and carried into exile in Nepal after 1959.
Tic Tac
Tic Tac is Ferrero's pill-shaped breath mint and candy brand, launched in 1969 with the iconic flip-top dispenser; made from layered sugar with Piedmont mint, sold in over 70 countries.
Tickle Me Elmo
Tickle Me Elmo: motorized laughing, shaking plush of Sesame Street's Elmo by Tyco Preschool, released July 1996 at $29.95; 1996's must-have toy, over 1 million sold by Christmas, sparked by Rosie O'Donnell giveaways.
Tieguanyin (铁观音)
Tieguanyin (铁观音), also Iron Goddess of Mercy, is a semi-oxidized oolong tea and tea cultivar from Xiping, Anxi County, Fujian, China; known for orchid aroma, "Guanyin rhyme" flavor, three aroma styles, EU PGI and intangible heritage status, and Taiwan Muzha descendant.
Tiens Group (天狮集团)
Tiens Group (天狮集团), Chinese health products and direct selling conglomerate founded by Li Jinyuan in Tianjin; licensed entity 天津天狮生物工程有限公司 licensed 2011, claims 224 countries and 117 branches, with legal disputes over fake "Tianjin Tianshi" pyramid groups.
Tiffani Faison
Tiffani Faison is an American chef and restaurateur based in Boston, known nationally for finishing runner-up on the first season of Top Chef in 2006 and owning Big Heart Hospitality.
Tiffin
Tiffin: Anglo-Indian word for a light midday meal, snack, or afternoon tea; also the stacked steel lunch carrier and, in Mumbai, the dabbawala-delivered packed lunch. South Indian tiffin rooms serve dosas, idli, and filter coffee.
Tights
Tights are a single knitted garment covering the legs from waist to toes, also called pantyhose when sheer. Invented by Allen Gant (PantiLegs, 1959), popularized by Mary Quant and the miniskirt, made mainly of nylon and elastane.