Fill in the Blank Questions

Who said that wool was healthy when worn near the skin?

Jaeger

Madeleine Vionnet was known as Queen of the ______ cut.

bias

Burberry patented _____ fabric for waterproof coats.

Gabardine

Women wore ______ eyeliner and ______ lipstick in the 1920s.

coal, oxblood

Worth created the ______ a device used to hold up skirts and expose the petticoat.

polonaise

An S-Bend posture, or ____ ____ ____ silhouette emphasized curves above the waist and rounded hips below a small waist during the Edwardian Era.

pouter pigeon silhouette

According to the book, the ____ silhouette, which was shaped by long seams from shoulder to hem rather than by gathers or pleats.

princess

Lanvin's most popular design the ____ ______ ___ featured a long full skirt and dropped waist.

robe de style

______ shoes worn in the 1920s were more decorative bc hemlines were shorter.

Mary Jane, T-Bar

Who built first commercially successful sewing machine in which needle moved up and down not side to side?

Singer

A ______ is a collarless waist trimmed bolero style jacket with 3 quarter length sleeves popular in the Civil War.

Zouave

_____ hats worn by flappers fit close to the head and pulled down over forehead.

cloche

During Victorian era women couldn't openly communicate with men, they covered their faces with either a _____ or _____, 2 accessories they couldn't leave house without.

fan, parasol

Lanvin made matching dresses for _____ and ________ making the usefulness of both an important aspect of 20th century fashion.

mothers, daughters

_____ were the first acceptable pants for women to wear. Used as loungewear for parties.

silk pajamas

_____ created a method of pleating fabric that was lost when he died until recently. His most famous dress was the ______ gown.

Fortuny, Delphos

_______ ________made the discovery of gold in Sutters Mill, CA important to fashion by making a heavier weight pant out of canvas.

Levi Strauss

Children's clothing primarily mirrored adult clothing during Victorian and Edwardian era with the exception of the boys _____ _______ ______ named for the English children's book character which had a velvet jacket, pinstriped bow and pants.

Little Lord Fauntleroy

A _______ is a men's double breasted overcoat with a contrasting collar.

Chesterfield