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Lecture 10 Flashcards

1
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1930s French designer known for revitalizing the neoclassical dress

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Augustabernard

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2
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The drape cut or London cut was the new ______

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Classicism

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3
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London tailor known for the Drape cut or London cut

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Frederick Scholte

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4
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Designer who applied the principles of guards uniform to civilian dress (narrow waste, wide shoulders, roomy armholes)

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Frederick Scholte

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5
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Known for wearing the Palm Beach suit, seersucker, shantung, gabardine (not matching jacket and pants)

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Prince of Wales

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Relating to men’s tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.

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Sartorial

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7
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Classic 1930s style men’s hat - becomes the hat of the day

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Homburg

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8
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Drape is the style of the suit and considered a regular _______ suit today

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Business

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9
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Who popularized the 2-tone spectator shoe (also called a correspondence sho)

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Fred Astaire

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10
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What entertainer was known for using scarves and neckties as belts

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Fred Astaire

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11
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What man was known for wearing a sweat band for sports

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Fred Perry

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12
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What style of swimwear was the market leader during the 1930s

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The All-in-One by Jantzen

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13
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The All-in-One went out of style in _____ due to the swim trunks worn in the movie Tarzan

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1929

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14
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What company starting using holidays to market fashion

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Jantzen

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15
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What was the name of the fancy robe and scarf worn by men in the 1930s after coming home from work

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The dressing gown with an ascot

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16
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The ______ interpretation of the London drape was looser and not as fitted rules customized as the European style

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American

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17
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T/F

Sweaters and sweater vests were introduced in the 1930s and used for casual wear for men

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True

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18
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French designer known for her bias cut evening dresses in pale moonlight colors and in 1930 Marquis de Paris won Concour d’ Elegance in a molten silver lame

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Augustabernard

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Name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theater, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the “classical” art and culture of Ancient Greece or Rome

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Neo-classicism

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20
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Did the House of Augustabernard make it through the depression?

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No

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21
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Fashion designer did diamond and platinum jewelry with Iribe

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Chanel

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22
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House of _______ closes for 15 due to WWII (except accessory line)

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Chanel

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23
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French designer known for beige sling back shoe with black toecap, cashmere cardigan and plays with menswear separates. Also spaghetti straps on evening gowns

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Chanel

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24
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The simplicity of her designs during the 1930s make them easy to copy in the factory so she is credited with being the designer who had the greatest effect on the early development of American mass production

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Chanel

25
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Designer who likes to drape full scale on live humans in muslin

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Madame Gres

26
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This designer trained as a sculptress

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Madame Grea

27
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This designer name was originally Germaine Emilie Krebs but she was also known as Aliza Barton and Alia

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Madame Gres

28
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This designer was known for her cut-outs on gowns. Although the skin was part of the design and there was midriff exposure, the style was classical and sophisticated

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Madame Gres

29
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This designer created the ‘weekend wardrobe’ of 1935 which consisted of 2 jackets, 2 skirts, and a pair of trousers

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Madame Gres

30
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This designer’s innovations included the wraparound jersey blouse, the riding jacket suit, and the fencing suit

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Madame Gres

31
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In the 1940s, this designer designed a cotton overall uniform for war workers at the Sperry Gyroscope Corp. that was a forerunner of the jump suit

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Madame Gres

32
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1st American designer to make clothes of Ultrasuede

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Madame Gres

33
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British designer who specialized in expensive (bedazzle and bling) and lavish embroideries and designed for the royals

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Norman Hartnell

34
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Designer who worked for Lucy and Lady Duff-Gordon and did couture, wedding, menswear, and home-wear

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Norman Hartnell

35
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This designer’s heyday was in the 1930s. He used his wife as a model and was president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture (Trade Assoc. of High Fashion) in the 1930s

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Lucien Lelong

36
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Parisian/American couturier designed Wallis Simpson’s wardrobe (Wallis Blue), corsets competed with Dior’s New Look, and introduced the Victorian motifs of the 1940s

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Mainbocher

37
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Mother and son designer who draped with the actual fabrics and designs were refined, romantic, and always feminine feeling

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Nina Ricci

38
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Designer who entered the market as a knit designer and known for her trompe l’ oeil prints and sweaters. She was also influenced by the surrealism movement

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Elsa Schiaparelli

39
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Painting that looks 3D but it’s not

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Trompe l’ oeil

40
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Designer of the parachute dress

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Elsa Schiaparelli

41
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From the Italian for “to embroider,” is a method of quilting that is also called “stuffed technique.” A puffy, decorative feature; it utilizes at least two layers, the underside of which is slit and padded, producing a raised surface on the fabric

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Trampunto

42
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Which designer used the trampunto technique

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Elsa Schiaparelli

43
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What designer was known for the skeleton dress

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Elsa Schiaparelli

44
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Designer who worked with Dali and had him paint on her dresses

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Elsa Schiaparelli

45
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Innovative plastic resin of the 1930s

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Rhodoid

46
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What designer experimented with rhodoid and is credited for “shocking pink”

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Elsa Schiaparelli

47
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This designer was encouraged by Paul Poiret in her early career and was a main rival of Coco Chanel

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Elsa Schiaparelli

48
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American designer who wrote the book “Fashion is Spinach”

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Elizabeth Hawes

49
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Elsa Schiaparelli’s greatest contribution to fashion is ______

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Surrealistic garments

50
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Designer known for the rainbow dress

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Elizabeth Hawes

51
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Designer who didn’t sew or cut and was a milliner (person who sells or makes women’s hats)

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Hattie Carnegie

52
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American designer who designed WAC (Women’s Army Corp) uniforms in the 1950s

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Hattie Carnegie

53
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American designer known for elegant suits and tailored silhouettes. Clothed stars of silent movies and was a costume designer on broadway.

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Norman Norell

54
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Designer who worked with Hattie Carnegie from 1928-1944. Michelle Obama wore this designer

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Norman Norell

55
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One of the 1st American designers to achieve name recognition and specialize in good quality separates and day to evening looks

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Muriel King

56
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This designer had unusual methods of using full water color sketches that her tailors and staff would interpret

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Muriel King

57
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Personal designer for Catherine Hepburn and in the 1940s had RTW designs in department stores

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Muriel King

58
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Designer recognized by Dorothy Shaver at Lord and Taylor and one of the inventors of American sportswear

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Clare Potter

59
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In the 1930s, _____ and _____ in RTW sets America apart from the fashion in other parts of the world

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Sportswear and Separates

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