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High and tight
The high and tight is a military hairstyle with shaved sides and a very short strip of hair on top, associated especially with the Marines.
High five
The high five, a two-person open-palm slap gesture of celebration or greeting, emerged in late-1970s American sport; claimed inventors include Glenn Burke and Dusty Baker (Dodgers, October 2, 1977) and Derek Smith (Louisville basketball), with roots in the 1920s low five.
High-visibility clothing
High-visibility clothing (hi-vis) is personal protective equipment combining fluorescent background material and retroreflective striping, worn by road, rail, and construction workers, emergency responders, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Highland dress
Highland dress is Scotland's traditional garb, built on the kilt and tartan: belted plaid origins, 1746 proscription, 1782 repeal, and the 1822 George IV visit that revived clan tartan fashion.
Highland Rape
Highland Rape is Alexander McQueen's autumn/winter 1995–96 fashion collection, shown March 1995 in London, referencing the Jacobite Risings and Highland Clearances, introducing McQueen tartan and bumster trousers, and establishing his international reputation amid misogyny controversy.
Hijab (حجاب)
Hijab (حجاب), Arabic for cover or barrier, is the modest dress and head covering of Muslim women, grounded in Quran 24:31 and 33:59, defined by juristic conditions, and today shaped by fashion, state regulation in Iran and France, and varying observance.
Hilary Rhoda
Hilary Rhoda (Hilary St. Claire), American model born 1987 in Chevy Chase, Maryland; Estée Lauder face since 2007, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2009-2011, Balenciaga Spring 2006 breakthrough, married Sean Avery 2015.
Hime cut (姫カット)
Hime cut (姫カット, princess cut) is a Japanese hairstyle with blunt fringe, disconnected cheek-length sidelocks, and long back hair; rooted in Heian-era binsogi practice, named in the 1970s via Megumi Asaoka, revived by K-pop and the 2025 Grammys.
Hinamatsuri (雛祭り)
Hinamatsuri (雛祭り), Japan's Doll Festival or Girls' Day on March 3, features tiered displays of hina dolls representing an imperial wedding, festive foods, and prayers for daughters' health; it grew from Heian purification rites and Edo doll customs.
Hinaupoko Devèze
Hinaupoko Devèze (Hinaupoko Céline Devèze), born 2002 in Papeete, is a French-Polynesian beauty queen elected Miss Tahiti 2025 and Miss France 2026 on 6 December 2025 at Amiens, the first Tahitian winner since Vaimalama Chaves (2019).
Hindustan Unilever
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), formerly Hindustan Lever Limited, is India's largest FMCG company and Unilever's Indian subsidiary, formed by a 1956 merger, renamed in 2007, with FY26 turnover of ₹63,763 crores.
Hippocras
Hippocras (hypocras, ypocras; Latin Vinum Hippocraticum) is a medieval and early modern sweetened spiced wine, named for the Hippocrates' sleeve filter, served cold as a digestive and prescribed medicinally into the late eighteenth century.
History of alcoholic drinks
History of alcoholic drinks: fermentation from Jiahu ca. 7000 BCE, ancient beer and wine, medieval distillation and monastic viticulture, industrialization, temperance and Prohibition, and modern regulation.
History of beer
History of beer: the brewing of fermented grain beverages from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, through medieval hops, 1500s lagering, industrialization, to today's multinational and craft markets.
History of bras
History of bras: the brassiere's development from Greek mastodeton and Roman strophium, medieval Lengberg Castle finds, corset-era breast supporters, Cadolle's 1889 design, Crosby's 1914 patent, and 1930s cup sizes.
History of bread
History of bread: baked cereal staple from flour, water, and leaven. Oldest evidence is 14,400-year-old flatbread from Shubayqa 1, Jordan; leavened loaves first in ancient Egypt; baker's yeast under 150 years old.
History of Burger King
History of Burger King: the American fast-food hamburger chain founded as Insta-Burger King in Jacksonville in 1953, reestablished in Miami in 1954 by McLamore and Edgerton, owner of the Whopper, and passed through Pillsbury, Diageo, 3G Capital, and Restaurant Brands International.
History of cheese
History of cheese: Neolithic-origin fermented milk food, earliest evidence in sixth-millennium-BC pottery strainers, oldest intact kefir cheese from Xiaohe, China; shaped by monasteries, starter cultures, and industrial dairies.
History of Chinese cuisine
History of Chinese cuisine (中国饮食文化史): development of Chinese food from prehistoric staple systems through Silk Road and American crop introductions, the Eight Cuisines, imperial court dining, modern mobility-driven diffusion, and overseas spread.
History of chocolate
History of chocolate: cacao use from 5,300-year-old Ecuador and Olmec/Maya/Aztec Mesoamerica, its 16th-century arrival in Spain, European fashion, and 19th-century industrial solid chocolate.
History of clothing and textiles
History of clothing and textiles: from prehistoric weaving at least 23,000 years ago through ancient cotton, linen, silk, and dye traditions, industrial mechanization, synthetic fibers, and today's global textile industry employing over 90 million people.
History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent
History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent: from Indus Valley cotton and draped dhoti and sari to Mughal stitched courtly dress, colonial trade, Gandhi's khadi protest, and the modern embellished Indian fashion industry.
History of coffee
History of coffee: the Coffea plant, native to Ethiopia, was first brewed in 15th-century Yemeni Sufi monasteries, spread through Mocha and Ottoman coffeehouses to Europe, then became a slave-based colonial commodity dominated by Brazil and today a top traded commodity.
History of coins
History of coins: first struck electrum coins of Lydia about 650 BC, independent Chinese and Indian traditions, Roman debasement, Byzantine solidus, mechanized minting, and modern token coinage.
History of corsets
The corset is a stiffened undergarment that shaped the torso, originating in the early 16th century with Spanish aristocratic women. It was mass-produced and fell out of fashion after 1908.
History of cosmetics
History of cosmetics, from the Greek kosmetikē tekhnē: body adornment predating written history, from Egyptian kohl and a 2,700-year-old Chinese face cream to the modern regulated industry after the 1938 US law and MoCRA 2022.
History of cotton
History of cotton: independent tropical domestications, Old World spread via Muslim cultivators, the 1793 cotton gin, slave-grown US dominance, industrialization in Britain, and modern global production.
History of domestic sewing
The history of domestic sewing covers how home sewing moved from obligatory women's work to wartime necessity, declined in the late twentieth century, and revived as leisure.
History of fashion design
History of fashion design, from Charles Frederick Worth's Paris haute couture and the invention of the fashion show to ready-to-wear, Chanel, the 1945 couture regulations, labor history, and sustainability.
History of KFC
History of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken): founded by Harland Sanders from his 1930 Corbin, Kentucky service station; first franchise 1952 in Salt Lake City; sold 1964 for $2 million; PepsiCo buyout 1986; China entry 1987; now 30,000+ restaurants in 150 countries under Yum! Brands.