Lecture 9 - 1930s Hollywood & Fashion Flashcards
What were the 5 influences of fashion during the 1930s
The movies
Royalty & Café society
Sports
Big bands & swing music
Dorothy Shaver introduces American Couture - Lord and Taylor 1932
What was the 3 major fashion technologies during the 1930s
1st nylon fibers marketed 1938 by DuPont
Zippers in high fashion clothing
America leads world in mass production of clothing in standard sizes (4th major industry in US
Name 4 people that used surealism
Salvatore Dali
Jean Cocteau
Elsa Schiaparelli
Fashion photographers
A 20th century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images
Surrealism
Name the 7 infrastructures the WPA built during the 1930s
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of Am. Art
Mount Rushmore
San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
Empire State Building
Chrysler Building
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwatet
What were the 4 art movements during the 1930s
Art Deco continues
Novelists: Hemingway, Thornton Wilder
Broadway: Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin
Surealism
T/F
Many fashion designers were also doing set and costume design for theater
True
Who introduces American couture by promoting American fashion designers at Lord and Taylor
Dorothy Shaver
What is the newest (softer, sportier look) men’s line/style of clothing does the Duke of Windsor adopt
The London Drape
If a tail coat has extra long tails, what is it called
Swallow tail coat
What dress was copied many times in the 1930s, had fluffy shoulders, fluff at the bottom, and relatively sheer fabric? Who was the designer?
Letty Lynton dress
Designed by Adrian
1930s costumes brought focus up to the _____
Face
Type of dress that shows every curve similar to Jessica Rabbits dress
Bias-cut dress
What 6 accessories were very important in the 1930s
Hat, furs, gloves Sunglasses Jeweled clips Scarves/wraps
The sarong wrap dress was designed by ______ and popularized as trendy in CA by the movie_______
Edith Head
The Jungle Princess
What actor and film introduced product placement
Clark Gable in “It Happened One Night”
What actress was famous for her bias-cut dresses and platinum blonde hair
Jean Harlow
There was ______ in the 1930s, which reflected the trend to eliminate a lot of ornamentation (except in Hollywood)
Simplicity
In comparison to the 1920s, hemlines went _____ 12in-14in in the 1930s
Down
The ______ is introduced in the 1930s and derives from sporting attire
House-dress/day-dress
T/F
Women’s jackets were slim-fitted around the shoulders
False
Broad shouldered jackets were emphasized
What becomes the new Erin genius zone of the 1930s and what designer identifies and promotes this
The back
Patou
T/F
Wedding dresses were always white
False
Wedding dresses were rarely white. They were often pastel colors
What was the accessory of the decade and what actress influenced it
The hat
Greta Garbo
