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Lecture 9 - 1930s Hollywood & Fashion Flashcards

1
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What were the 5 influences of fashion during the 1930s

A

The movies

Royalty & Café society

Sports

Big bands & swing music

Dorothy Shaver introduces American Couture - Lord and Taylor 1932

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What was the 3 major fashion technologies during the 1930s

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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

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3
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Name 4 people that used surealism

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Salvatore Dali

Jean Cocteau

Elsa Schiaparelli

Fashion photographers

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4
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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

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Surrealism

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5
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Name the 7 infrastructures the WPA built during the 1930s

A

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

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6
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What were the 4 art movements during the 1930s

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Art Deco continues

Novelists: Hemingway, Thornton Wilder

Broadway: Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin

Surealism

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7
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T/F

Many fashion designers were also doing set and costume design for theater

A

True

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8
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Who introduces American couture by promoting American fashion designers at Lord and Taylor

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Dorothy Shaver

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9
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What is the newest (softer, sportier look) men’s line/style of clothing does the Duke of Windsor adopt

A

The London Drape

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10
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If a tail coat has extra long tails, what is it called

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Swallow tail coat

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11
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What dress was copied many times in the 1930s, had fluffy shoulders, fluff at the bottom, and relatively sheer fabric? Who was the designer?

A

Letty Lynton dress

Designed by Adrian

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12
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1930s costumes brought focus up to the _____

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Face

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13
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Type of dress that shows every curve similar to Jessica Rabbits dress

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Bias-cut dress

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14
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What 6 accessories were very important in the 1930s

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Hat, 
furs, 
gloves
Sunglasses
Jeweled clips
Scarves/wraps
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15
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The sarong wrap dress was designed by ______ and popularized as trendy in CA by the movie_______

A

Edith Head

The Jungle Princess

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16
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What actor and film introduced product placement

A

Clark Gable in “It Happened One Night”

17
Q

What actress was famous for her bias-cut dresses and platinum blonde hair

A

Jean Harlow

18
Q

There was ______ in the 1930s, which reflected the trend to eliminate a lot of ornamentation (except in Hollywood)

A

Simplicity

19
Q

In comparison to the 1920s, hemlines went _____ 12in-14in in the 1930s

A

Down

20
Q

The ______ is introduced in the 1930s and derives from sporting attire

A

House-dress/day-dress

21
Q

T/F

Women’s jackets were slim-fitted around the shoulders

A

False

Broad shouldered jackets were emphasized

22
Q

What becomes the new Erin genius zone of the 1930s and what designer identifies and promotes this

A

The back

Patou

23
Q

T/F

Wedding dresses were always white

A

False

Wedding dresses were rarely white. They were often pastel colors

24
Q

What was the accessory of the decade and what actress influenced it

A

The hat

Greta Garbo

25
Q

Greta Garbo introduces the _____ hat in “The Kiss” in 1929, the last silent movie from MGM

A

The Beret

26
Q

This was considered casual wear for the beach and called ______ _____

A

The wide pant

Beach pajama

27
Q

This hat was worn by Greta Garbo in “Romance” in 1930

A

Empress Eugenie

28
Q

Did women wear shorts in the 1930s

A

Yes

29
Q

Styles of dress worn by women tennis players that inspires the house dress/day dress

A

Shirtdress

30
Q

French designer that created the 1st platform shoes in the mid 30s

A

Roger Vivier

31
Q

Designer who creates the original wedge shoe in 1936

A

Salvatore Ferragamo

32
Q

The Parisian milliner to Manhattan

A

Lilly Dache

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