Lecture 10 Flashcards
1930s French designer known for revitalizing the neoclassical dress
Augustabernard
The drape cut or London cut was the new ______
Classicism
London tailor known for the Drape cut or London cut
Frederick Scholte
Designer who applied the principles of guards uniform to civilian dress (narrow waste, wide shoulders, roomy armholes)
Frederick Scholte
Known for wearing the Palm Beach suit, seersucker, shantung, gabardine (not matching jacket and pants)
Prince of Wales
Relating to men’s tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.
Sartorial
Classic 1930s style men’s hat - becomes the hat of the day
Homburg
Drape is the style of the suit and considered a regular _______ suit today
Business
Who popularized the 2-tone spectator shoe (also called a correspondence sho)
Fred Astaire
What entertainer was known for using scarves and neckties as belts
Fred Astaire
What man was known for wearing a sweat band for sports
Fred Perry
What style of swimwear was the market leader during the 1930s
The All-in-One by Jantzen
The All-in-One went out of style in _____ due to the swim trunks worn in the movie Tarzan
1929
What company starting using holidays to market fashion
Jantzen
What was the name of the fancy robe and scarf worn by men in the 1930s after coming home from work
The dressing gown with an ascot
The ______ interpretation of the London drape was looser and not as fitted rules customized as the European style
American
T/F
Sweaters and sweater vests were introduced in the 1930s and used for casual wear for men
True
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
Augustabernard
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
Neo-classicism
Did the House of Augustabernard make it through the depression?
No
Fashion designer did diamond and platinum jewelry with Iribe
Chanel
House of _______ closes for 15 due to WWII (except accessory line)
Chanel
French designer known for beige sling back shoe with black toecap, cashmere cardigan and plays with menswear separates. Also spaghetti straps on evening gowns
Chanel
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
Chanel
Designer who likes to drape full scale on live humans in muslin
Madame Gres
This designer trained as a sculptress
Madame Grea
This designer name was originally Germaine Emilie Krebs but she was also known as Aliza Barton and Alia
Madame Gres
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
Madame Gres
This designer created the ‘weekend wardrobe’ of 1935 which consisted of 2 jackets, 2 skirts, and a pair of trousers
Madame Gres
This designer’s innovations included the wraparound jersey blouse, the riding jacket suit, and the fencing suit
Madame Gres
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
Madame Gres
1st American designer to make clothes of Ultrasuede
Madame Gres
British designer who specialized in expensive (bedazzle and bling) and lavish embroideries and designed for the royals
Norman Hartnell
Designer who worked for Lucy and Lady Duff-Gordon and did couture, wedding, menswear, and home-wear
Norman Hartnell
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
Lucien Lelong
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
Mainbocher
Mother and son designer who draped with the actual fabrics and designs were refined, romantic, and always feminine feeling
Nina Ricci
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
Elsa Schiaparelli
Painting that looks 3D but it’s not
Trompe l’ oeil
Designer of the parachute dress
Elsa Schiaparelli
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
Trampunto
Which designer used the trampunto technique
Elsa Schiaparelli
What designer was known for the skeleton dress
Elsa Schiaparelli
Designer who worked with Dali and had him paint on her dresses
Elsa Schiaparelli
Innovative plastic resin of the 1930s
Rhodoid
What designer experimented with rhodoid and is credited for “shocking pink”
Elsa Schiaparelli
This designer was encouraged by Paul Poiret in her early career and was a main rival of Coco Chanel
Elsa Schiaparelli
American designer who wrote the book “Fashion is Spinach”
Elizabeth Hawes
Elsa Schiaparelli’s greatest contribution to fashion is ______
Surrealistic garments
Designer known for the rainbow dress
Elizabeth Hawes
Designer who didn’t sew or cut and was a milliner (person who sells or makes women’s hats)
Hattie Carnegie
American designer who designed WAC (Women’s Army Corp) uniforms in the 1950s
Hattie Carnegie
American designer known for elegant suits and tailored silhouettes. Clothed stars of silent movies and was a costume designer on broadway.
Norman Norell
Designer who worked with Hattie Carnegie from 1928-1944. Michelle Obama wore this designer
Norman Norell
One of the 1st American designers to achieve name recognition and specialize in good quality separates and day to evening looks
Muriel King
This designer had unusual methods of using full water color sketches that her tailors and staff would interpret
Muriel King
Personal designer for Catherine Hepburn and in the 1940s had RTW designs in department stores
Muriel King
Designer recognized by Dorothy Shaver at Lord and Taylor and one of the inventors of American sportswear
Clare Potter
In the 1930s, _____ and _____ in RTW sets America apart from the fashion in other parts of the world
Sportswear and Separates
