Fashion History 3

A man's hat that could be carried flat under the arm:

Chapeau bra

Dresses that were made of sheer, white muslin:

Chemise a la reine

What is the name of the garment that was sheer, gauze-like veils worn cape-like over the shoulders, with a high, standing collar behind the head?

Conch

All parts of the garment were made of matching fabric:

Ditto suit

Ribbons used to decorate the fronts of bodices:

Eschelles

A flat collar

Falling band

In 1666, King Charles II of England adopted a new garment to replace current styles and he wore it for the rest of his life.

False

Short gowns, aprons, and close-fitting breeches were working class clothing during the 18th century.

False

When the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" used the term "macaroni" it was making reference to the practice of using feathers to trim hats in the American colonies.

False

Which of the following were NOT elements of men's costume during the 16th century in Northern Europe?

Farthingales

What was the name in France for the elaborate style of headdress known as a commode in England?

Fontage

Dresses with enormous skirts worn over a wheel shaped device were called:

French farthingale

Flat-soled overshoe with a toe cap that fits over other shoes to protect them in bad weather.

Galosh

What would be called an overcoat today:

Greatcoat

Spanish term for the French farthingale.

Guardinfante

The lower prices and increases in availability of cotton fabrics in the 1800s resulted from:

Improvements in the technology for producing cotton fabrics.

Toward the end of the style identified in Question 1, a trend developed that was marked by smaller and more delicate design motifs and showed influences from Chinese and even Gothic styles. This trend is known as:

Rococo

How might a man of modest means in the 18th century acquire his clothing?

Purchasing used clothing, saving enough money over a period of several years, or joining a "breeches club"

English men's riding coats:

Redingotes

Dresses that were fitted in the front, but had a loose fitting pleated back:

Robe a la Française ; style referred to the 19th century as having a "Watteau" back

Full, loose dresses worn unbelted:

Robe volante

Dresses that were fitted both front and back:

Robe à l'Anglaise

The development of the fashion for wide, stiff neck ruffs came about, in part, because:

Skills for making lace developed rapidly during the 16th century.

In which of the following countries did members of the royal family continue to wear a farthingale-like garment well into the 17th century even though the style had been abandoned in the rest of Europe?

Spain

A woman's hat that could fold up flat:

Calash

Perfume placed in a decorated, perforated box shaped like an apple.

Pomander Ball

Mantua-style gowns for women, men's dressing gown styles, and some of the prints and designs in textiles during the 18th century showed examples of ________ and ________ influence on styles of costume.

Asian ; Middle Eastern

The style in art that is characterized by lavish ornamentation, free and flowing lines, that is massive rather than delicate and which predominated during the end of the 16th century to the middle of the 18th century is known as:

Baroque

The extension of the bodice below the waistline.

Basque

A man who paid a great deal of attention to his dress:

Beau

In England, the material used for stuffing trunk hose and doublets to achieve a fashionable silhouette in the 16th century was called:

Bombast

During the 17th century, the trunkhose men wore over the lower part of the body were replaced by a garment called:

Breeches

Which of the following describes the styles in men's clothing that predominated in the first half of the 18th century?

Breeches cut full through the seat, full-skirted outer coats, waistcoats that were almost as long as the outer coat.

Fashion in men's hairdressing.

Lovelock

The mistress of King Louis XV of France who was influential not only in politics but also especially in the fine and decorative arts was:

Madame Pompadour

A veil worn to cover the hair in Spain

Mantilla

A style of women's dress that was cut in one length from the shoulder to the hem.

Mantua

If a young Englishman of the 18th century referred to his uncle as "square toes", he meant his uncle was:

Old fashioned

A backless shoe

Pantofle

The wide garments worn by men at the court of Louis XIV that looked like skirts were called:

Petticoat breeches

Which of the following are undergarments today, but were a visible part of the outer garments in the 16th century?

Petticoats

Small balls of wax to give the face a fashionably rounded shape.

Plumpers

An overdress that was looped and puffed out:

Polonaise

A style of wearing the cravat that was named after a battle:

Steinkirk

The frame support for ruffs during this period was called:

Supportasse

The sequence of clothes worn by boys was:

Swaddling clothes, skirt, robe, apron, long robe, adult styles.

The availability and interest in cotton fabrics that grew rapidly in Europe and America in the 17th and 18th centuries was a result of:

The cultivation of cotton in America

Which of the following may have derived from Middle Eastern styles?

The manteau and the mantilla

Clothing for men and women was generally made by male professional tailors until after the 1700s, at which time women "tailors" or professional dressmakers were able to make clothing for women but not for men.

True

Fashion was especially important at the court of Louis XIV of France as his styles were copied throughout Europe:

True

In England, "full dress" described the most formal evening dress.

True

Intermarriage among members of royal families from different parts of Europe helped to spread fashions from one region to another.

True

It was in the textile industry that the first effects of the Industrial Revolution were felt.

True

Methods of communicating fashion information to consumers of the 18th century included engraved drawings of fashions and fashion dolls dressed in the latest styles.

True

The Puritans who settled in Massachusetts in the 1600s wore restrained and simple styles, but did not wear clothing that was radically different in other respects from the clothing of other English people of their time.

True

Which of the following were NOT devices used in the 17th century in attempts to have a well-groomed appearance?

Tweezers to pluck out hair around the forehead so as to have a fashionably high forehead.

What was the name of this garment style King Charles II adopted?

Vest

A major change in the fit of stockings came about:

When knitting machines were invented at the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

The slashed decorations with contrasting fabric linings underneath are supposed to have originated:

With the Swiss Army