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

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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
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Vera Wang
Vera Wang
American fashion designer
Christian Lacroix
French fashion designer
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Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier
French fashion designer
Jacobs, Marc
Marc Jacobs
American fashion designer
Gabrielle (
Coco Chanel
French designer
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
British fashion designer
Zac Posen
Zac Posen
American fashion designer
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta
Dominican-American fashion designer
Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
Cypriot-British fashion designer
Mary Edwards Walker
Mary Edwards Walker
American physician and reformer
Tom Ford
Tom Ford
American fashion designer
Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg
Belgian-born American fashion designer and businesswoman
Ghesquière, Nicolas
Nicolas Ghesquière
French fashion designer
John Galliano
John Galliano
British fashion designer
Donna Karan
Donna Karan
American designer
Browne, Thom
Thom Browne
American fashion designer
Stefano Pilati
Stefano Pilati
Italian fashion designer
Amancio Ortega
Spanish fashion executive
Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani
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