Fashion History
Bumroll
A pad worn around the waist to hold out wide skirts
Codpiece
A pouch of fabric to accommodate the genitals
Bases
A skirted extension of men's jackets, either attached or a separate garment
A himation is a type of chiton.
False
Actual pieces of fabric and garments from Egypt have never been found.
False
Archeologists use the term fibula to describe a type of loincloth.
False
Clothing never reflects the politics of a particular time.
False
Fashion is a social phenomenon limited to clothing.
False
The major costume component for Egyptian men was the kalasiris.
False
The most universal motivation for human dress is modesty.
False
The primary fabric used in Mesopotamia was linen.
False
The toga candida was worn by Roman women.
False
The use of veils to cover a woman's face in public has its origins in Egypt.
False
When a Roman man "put on the sagum" he was going to the Senate.
False
"A pattern of change in which certain social forms enjoy temporary acceptance and respectability only to be replaced by others" is the definition of...:
Fashion
The name of the headdress style influenced by the East was an enormous cone-shaped peaked hat that was as much as a yard high?
Hennin
The 16th century in England was divided between the great Tudor monarchs..?
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Women wore this garment beginning in the 14th century..?
Houppelande
Term for jacket in England
Jerkin
Which of the following were not styles of the Middle Ages?
Kalasaris
This invention allowed for closer fitting hose..?
Knitting machine
Ropa
Outermost gown for women that fits at the shoulder and falls loosely to the floor
Instead of an under dress and an outer dress, women wore this garment and an overdress..?
Petticoat
The elongated and exaggeratedly pointed-toed shoe was called?
Poulaine
Which of the following were NOT elements of men's costume during the 16th century in Northern Europe?
Poulaines
A tunic is a T-shaped garment.
True
Artistic conventions of a given period may interfere with accurate representations of dress.
True
Blonde hair was fashionable in Ancient Rome.
True
Clothing often reflects the zeitgeist of a particular time period.
True
Egyptian men and women wore wigs.
True
In 330, Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, renamed Constantinople, signaling the decline of Rome and the western portion of the empire.
True
In its history of more than a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire developed an artistic and intellectual atmosphere in which styles and ideas of both east and west were merged.
True
Many significant moments in life require ritual dress.
True
Minoam and Mycenaen costume is believed to have used color lavishly.
True
Perizoma is the Greek word for loincloth.
True
Roman dress is often most concerned with rank, status or authority.
True
Sumptuary laws seek to restrict certain types of clothing by rank, social and economic status.
True
The chiton was the principle garment for Greek men and women
True
The costume of the Byzantine Empire combined elements of costume from Asia with Roman dress.
True
The kaunakes garment was worn by both men and women.
True
The most universal motivation for human dress is decoration.
True
The postiche is the ceremonial beard worn by pharoahs.
True
The scarab was a common Egyptian decorative motif.
True
The tebenna is an Etruscan mantle or cloak thought to be a forerunner of the Roman toga.
True
The upper class Egyptians had high standards of personal cleanliness.
True
By the mid-16th century, upper hose and nether hose had evolved into a large, padded breech called..?
Trunk Hose
Drawers
What were called braies in the Medieval periods
The Crusades had no effect on Medieval life and clothing.
false
The tablion is the headdress worn by the Byzantine emperor.
false
There are no extant garments from the early middle ages.
false
accessory
girdle
The period we call the Renaissance..?
grew out of a renewed interest in the writings and art of classical antiquity.
Chemise
underwear
outer garments
Bliaut,garnache,gardecorps
This royal brought her Italian tailors and dressmakers, perfumers, cooks, and other craftsmen to France, where they found ample opportunity to employ their talents..?
Catherine de Medici
Differences between the dress of Italians and inhabitants of Northern Europe during the first half of the 15th century would have included..?
Shoes in Italy were not so long and pointed,Women in Italy covered their hair less completely, and Men did not adopt the "bowl cut".
The flared, cone-shaped skirt required support to achieve the desired rigidity of line. This look was achieved by a..?
Spanish Farthingale
This embroidery, often applied to the neck band and wrists of men's shirts and women's chemises, consisted of delicate, black-silk figures worked on fine white linen..?
Spanish Work
By the 16th century, undergarments for women took on this new role..?
The shaping and support of the outer garments.
If an artist of the 15th century depicted a woman in a close-fitting gown, and over this a sideless surcote with a stiffened panel in front that was decorated with a row of brooches, a contemporary viewer would know at once that..?
The woman was a french queen/princess
an element of a headdress
Wimple,coif, barbette
The technique of cutting points or scallops into the edges of garments, hanging sleeve flaps, and even hats is called..?
dagging
Cotton was the fabric most used by poor people during the Middle Ages.
false
The search for unique patterns led to this practice of sewing together sections of different-colored fabrics within one garment..?
particolored
This closely fitted, sleeveless garment with a padded front originated as military dress..?
pourpoint