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Also Known As costume • attire • garment • apparel • clothes • clothing

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Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
Egyptian statuette with angular harp
ancient Egyptian dress
Egyptian dress of the New Kingdom
alabaster head of a man wearing a turban
Ur-Nanshe of Lagash
Ashurnasirpal II
Minoan fresco: priest-king
youth wearing a Phrygian cap
Artemis
A black-and-white photo of a white man from the late 19th century wearing an extremely long mustache. Cut-out hands hold a blue razor to the right side of the image.
What was life like in colonial America?
When did women started wearing pants in the United States?
Coco Chanel: From quiet luxury to Nazi affiliation
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Jacobs, Marc
Marc Jacobs
American fashion designer
Ossie Clark
British fashion designer
Christian Lacroix
French fashion designer
Levi Strauss
American entrepreneur
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
Gabrielle (
Coco Chanel
French designer
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier
French fashion designer
Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
Cypriot-British fashion designer
Zac Posen
Zac Posen
American fashion designer
Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg
Belgian-born American fashion designer and businesswoman
Christian Dior
Christian Dior
French designer
Vera Wang
Vera Wang
American fashion designer
Tom Ford
Tom Ford
American fashion designer
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
British fashion designer
John Galliano
John Galliano
British fashion designer
Mary Edwards Walker
Mary Edwards Walker
American physician and reformer
Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake
Japanese fashion designer
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta
Dominican-American fashion designer
Browne, Thom
Thom Browne
American fashion designer
Phoebe Philo
Phoebe Philo
British fashion designer

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Dog dressed with oversized sunglasses, pink jeweled dog collar, and flowing pink scarf. (pampered pets, fashionable pets)
Fashionable Words Vocabulary Quiz
Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England, 1558-1603, The Rainbow Portrait 1600-1602
Quiz: Name These Historical Fashion Trends
Jane Austen an English writer who first gave the novel it's distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life.
Women's Headgear Through the Ages
A brown-colored dog wearing a red-checked shirt with an orange hard helmet and hammer. Labor Day concept, work, jobs.
Odd Jobs Vocabulary Quiz
Models walk the runway in Isaac Mizrahi Fall Winter Fashion Show, February 18, 2010.
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