Quiz Ch. 7&8 Fashion History

Italian influences in style were brought to France by:

Catherine de Medici AND Italian conquest of France

Which garment is called a farthingale?

Dresses with enormous skirts worn over a wheelshape device

The fashion for puffed and slashed decoration of costume of men and women entered Italian Renaissance costume

In the 16th century

Spain became a major influence in both politics and fashion because

It gained enormous wealth as a result of Columbus' voyage to the New World

Which garment is called a conch?

Sheer, gauze like veils worn cape-like over shoulders, with a high, standing collar behind the head

The word "chopines" means

high platformed soled shoes

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

farthingales

Among the distinctive characteristics of the dress of the Venetian women reported by foreign visitors in the 16th century were:

-A preference for bleach blonde hair -high, platformed soled shoes that affected their balance when walking -Hair arranged as two horns at the forehead

Differences between the dress of Italians and Northern Europe

-Shoes in Italy were not so long and pointed -Women in Italy covered their hair less completely -Men did not adopt the "bowl crop"

A ferroniere was:

A chain of metal or pearls worn across the forehead

The depiction in Italian Renaissance paintings of costume is generally quite detailed and accurate except for

Angles AND the wisemen

Which of the following descriptions most accurately reflects the overall character of women's clothing during the Italian Renaissance of the 15th century?

Lavish use of opulent fabrics gave garments of relatively straight cut....

Italian styles for men in the 16th century were very influenced by:

Spanish style

Evidence of influence of Italian trade with the Orient during the Renaissance is to be seen in:

The popularity of turban-like headdresses for Italian women in the 15th century

In order to allow the arm to move easily when jacket sleeves of the Italian Renaissance were cut very tightly, tailors left seams open and the white of the shirt underneath was visible.

True

The word camicia in Italian refers to

a women's chemise AND man's shirt

Trunk hose also referred to as "slops"

gallygaskins

A skirted extension of men's s jackets

bases

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

bombast

A pad worn around the waist to hold out wide skirts

bum roll

An extension from the end of the trunk hose to the knee

canions

In tightly-fitted hose, a pouch of fabric to accomodate genitals

codpiece

What were called braies in the Medieval period?

drawers

Term used interchangeably with jacket:

jerlan

Term for doublet in England:

paltock

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

petticoats

Outermost gown for women that fits at the shoulder and loose to the floor

ropa

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

skills for making lace developed rapidly during the 16th century

Support for a ruff

supportasse

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