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